Comparison of soybean nodule development on unfertilized plants (upper) and plants fertilized with urea at an N rate of 100 lb/ac. Photo credit: ... (or any other nutrient). Expected yield is <60-70 ...

These N fixing bacteria colonize the roots of the soybean plant forming nodules. Within these nodules, the bacteria are able to convert (or fix) N2 gas from the atmosphere to ammonium ... (or any ...

Her greenhouse-grown soybean plants fix twice as much nitrogen from the atmosphere as their natural counterparts, grow larger and produce up to 36 percent more seeds. Tegeder designed a novel way to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- As soybean growers prepare for the 1997 planting season, they should check field notes from last year and bone up on ways to identify soil-borne diseases this summer, says ...

"The torrential rain on the Fourth of July weekend saturated soils over much of the state, resulting in root systems that deteriorated on those soybean plants. The nodules disintegrated or rotted, so ...

Increasing nitrogen-fixing capacity of soybeans Date: September 29, 2014 Source: South Dakota State University Summary: By manipulating the molecular mechanisms that regulate soybean nodules ...

“Saturated soils will limit oxygen supply to soybean roots and bradyrhizobia.” He said that soybeans grow and develop by burning plant energy (photosynthates) with the assistance of oxygen. Thus, ...

Soybean is rich in protein, which is great for the humans and animals eating it. But this high protein content comes at a cost. To make protein, soybean plants need a lot of nitrogen. The plants ...

U.S. soybean farmers lose $1 billion per year to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Learn how to identify this yield robber lurking under your soil and curb yield penalties.

A research team used synchrotron-based X-ray microcomputed tomography (SR-μCT) to non-invasively obtain high-quality 3D images of fresh soybean root nodules, quantifying the volumes of the ...

Corn and soybean inoculants support plant growth and soil nutrient availability and uptake. Learn how inoculants function, their benefits and when to use them. July 10, 2025 07:32 PM ...