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Agriculture · Q439

Soil Science

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 439

Q439

Rhizobium of alfalfa group is

A.
Lupine
B.
Legumini
C.
Japonicum
D.
Melilolti
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Rhizobium is a genus of gram-negative soil bacteria that fix nitrogen for plants.
Alfa alfa is an important leguminous forage crop, which is hypothesized to select compatible rhizobial partners from the rhizosphere to form nitrogen-fixing nodules.
Rhizobium of alfalfa group is Melilolti. Meliloti are motile and possess a cluster of peritrichous flagella. It fixes atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia for their legume symbionts.