Project Title
Strain Diversification and Nodulation Success in Bradyrhizobium japonicum in the Face of Drought
Document Type
Event
Start Date
10-5-2019 3:30 PM
End Date
10-5-2019 6:30 PM
Description
Soybean fields are often inoculated with the symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum, which lives in root nodules in the plant and provides usable nitrogen in exchange for a carbon source. We sought to determine whether diversifying these inoculants with other USDA strains would make the inoculant population more successful in the face of drought. By most metrics, strain diversification did not increase nodule production compared to monocultures, but further study is needed to determine whether diverse inoculants can be designed to be more drought resistant than monocultures alone.
Discipline
Biology
Research Mentor(s)
Kimberly La Pierre
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Strain Diversification and Nodulation Success in Bradyrhizobium japonicum in the Face of Drought
Soybean fields are often inoculated with the symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum, which lives in root nodules in the plant and provides usable nitrogen in exchange for a carbon source. We sought to determine whether diversifying these inoculants with other USDA strains would make the inoculant population more successful in the face of drought. By most metrics, strain diversification did not increase nodule production compared to monocultures, but further study is needed to determine whether diverse inoculants can be designed to be more drought resistant than monocultures alone.
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