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Agriculture · Q221

Agronomy

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 221

Q221

The slow growing species of legume root nodule bacteria are included in bacterial genus

A.
Rhizobium
B.
Brady rhizobium
Answer
C.
Sino-rhizobium
D.
Azo-rhizobium

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Legumes are the family of pulses and they have a specific feature to form a symbiotic association with nitrogen-fixing bacteria present in soil and root nodules. These nitrogen-fixing bacteria are called Rhizobia and belong to the genus Brady rhizobium.