Common Bean Seedling (IMAGE)

DOE/Joint Genome Institute

Common Bean Seedling

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Legumes such as the common bean can form symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Understanding how such symbiotic relationships are formed and sustained is a crucial to improving agricultural practices as increasing crop yields are desired both for fuel and food production.

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Roy Kaltschmidt, LBNL

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