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  • adjective Of or pertaining to rhizobia

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  • Several genera of rhizobial bacteria live symbiotically with leguminous plants and are by far the most important fixers of nitrogen on land, whereas cyanobacteria dominate the process in freshwaters as well as in the ocean.

    Global material cycles 2007

  • To improve mineral nutrition of nitrogen fixing trees on acid soils it is important to ensure that the trees are infected with effective rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbionts.

    Chapter 5 1996

  • · If the seeds will be stored for a considerable time, they should be treated with a fungicide, but one that will not damage rhizobial or mychorrhizal symbionts.

    Chapter 5 1996

  • Now, however, several international laboratories and private companies produce rhizobial and mycorrhizal inoculants for experimental and commercial purposes.

    Chapter 5 1996

  • Occurrence and rhizobial selection for legume trees adapted to acid soils.

    Chapter 8 1996

  • The rhizobial bacteria form nodules on the roots of leguminous trees and other plants: nitrogen fixation occurs inside these nodules through a symbiotic process that involves both bacteria and plant.

    Chapter 5 1996

  • Nematode infection may reduce rhizobial colonization and, hence, nitrogen fixation.

    4: Multipurpose trees 1996

  • Roskoski et al., (1982) measured rhizobial activity in situ in a

    Chapter 3 1994

  • This would represent nitrogen both from the soil and from rhizobial fixation.

    Chapter 3 1994

  • The experiment was conducted to determine the effects of rhizobial inoculation and nitrogen applied at 0, 30, 60 and 90 kg ha-1 on growth and performance of intercropped maize and mungbean.

    1. Green manure crops in irrigated and rainfed lowland rice-based cropping systems in south Asia. 1992

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