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Success in obtaining high N2 fixation by the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis depends on a series of interacting factors: (a) effectiveness and efficiency of the Rhizobium strains present in the inoculum and/or soil in relation to the species and varieties of the legume; (b) competitive ability of the introduced rhizobia in relation to the native rhizobial population; (c) ability of the host to supply its microsymbiont’s nutritional needs; and (d) environmental factors, especially limiting factors in soil, that act on the bacteria and the host. The environment may directly affect the rhizobia or indirectly influence the bacteria through the plant. Fortunately, most of the conditions that benefit the bacteria and enhance N2 fixation will also be beneficial to the plant, and when conditions are optimum for the nutrition and growth of the plant, the needs of the bacteria will also be supplied and N2 fixation will be high.
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Freire, J.R.J. (1984). Important Limiting Factors in Soil for the Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis. In: Alexander, M. (eds) Biological Nitrogen Fixation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2747-9_3
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