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Rhizobial Amelioration of Drought Stress in Legumes

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Rhizobia form a strong and effective symbiosis with legumes and make nitrogen available for uptake by plants. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) helps to maintain soil fertility at optimum level. However, among various environmental stress factors, drought stress is the most devastating factor destructing both rhizobial growth and Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. The establishment of a functional and efficient Rhizobium-legume interactions under these unfavorable environmental (arid/semiarid) conditions is therefore very critical. Considering these, understanding the responses of both rhizobia and legumes to drought is important for harnessing the maximum benefits of BNF. In this context, different strategies are adopted to overcome losses from drought stress. These strategies include germplasm screening, breeding drought-tolerant genotypes, transgenic approach, and biological approach. Also, rhizobia have been reported to adapt to severe water-deficit environment. Rhizobia participate in the regulation of plant’s metabolite production (compatible solutes and antioxidant), molecular level responses (gene and protein expression), hormonal adjustment, and nutrient solubilization and uptake, to circumvent drought stress conditions. The advancement in omics has further provided an insight to identify specific proteins and metabolites which could play pivotal roles in stress management and rhizobia-legume symbiosis. Here, in-depth insights into the impact of drought on rhizobia and legumes grown in drought affected areas are presented.

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Naveed, M., Hussain, M.B., Mehboob, I., Zahir, Z.A. (2017). Rhizobial Amelioration of Drought Stress in Legumes. In: Zaidi, A., Khan, M., Musarrat, J. (eds) Microbes for Legume Improvement. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59174-2_14

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