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Factors Affecting Survival of Rhizobium in Soil

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Advances in Microbial Ecology

Part of the book series: Advances in Microbial Ecology ((AMIE,volume 4))

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Legumes are already widely used as an extremely important source of protein for human and animal consumption and of nitrogen to maintain soil fertility. Cow-peas, lentils, gram (usually chick-peas or mung beans), and pigeon peas are major crops used for edible seeds (pulses); beans, peas, peanuts (groundnuts), and soybeans are important vegetable or industrial crops. Clovers, alfalfa (lucerne), and lupines stand out as common pasture plants, whereas Centrosema.Desmodium, and Stylosanthes are becoming increasingly important in the tropics. Enormous land areas are devoted to production of pulses and oils. In protein-poor localities, legumes are especially important because they are excellent sources of protein, and the crude protein content often ranges as high as 34% (as in winged bean; see National Academy of Sciences, 1975) compared to 5% in grasses.

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