Inoculation of forage and grain legumes with rhizobia is an important process to maximize biological N2 fixation capacity in these crops. Inoculation has the potential of increasing dry matter yield, N yield, and residual N levels. However, yield responses to inoculation are not universal in the region. In fields that have previously grown the same grain legume crop (i.e. contain an endemic rhi...

The yellowing strain of Soybean dwarf virus (SbDV-YS) causes yellowing and yield loss in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). The most effective control is achieved through breeding for resistance. An indeterminate climbing cultivar with a white seed coat, 'Oofuku', is resistant to SbDV-YS in inoculation tests. We crossed 'Oofuku' with an elite cultivar, 'Taisho-Kintoki', which is SbDV-YS-suscepti...

Brazil has 180 Mha of pastures, 86 occupied with Urochloa spp. (syn. Brachiaria), and 70% in some level degradation. Inoculation plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPR) may represent an economic environmental feasible strategy to improve pasture production. Two greenhouse seven field trials were performed verify the effects seed inoculation at sowing or leaf-spray established pastures elite stra...

In Ethiopia, acidity-related soil fertility problems are the main production constraints, reducing productivity of major crops grown in country. The experiment was carried out to determine influence Blended NPS fertilizer, Seed Inoculation with Rhizobium Bacteria and Vermicompost (VC) application on soybean nodulation yield soybean. Factorial combinations (uninoculated, inoculated), three VC le...

Bone tissue engineering is bringing hope to patients with jawbone defects, but this technology works well only for small- to moderate-sized jawbone defects. For large segmental jawbone defects, it is difficult to form the functional vascular networks within the graft due to limited diffusion of nutrition and uneven distribution of seed cells. From the standpoint of bionics, seed cells should be...

Belowground interactions between plant roots, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs), and growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) can improve growth yield under abiotic stress conditions. A pot factorial experiment based on completely randomized design with three replications was conducted to investigate the effects of AMFs (without inoculation as control, Funneliformis mosseae intraradices) PGPRs c...