Soybeans with better tolerance to low moisture

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Soybeans with better tolerance to low moisture

Soybean gets much of its nitrogen through a partnership with N-fixing bacteria that live in nodules on the plant’s roots. But the biological process of fixing atmospheric N and converting it into a form that the plant can use is sensitive to low soil moisture. Now, research is underway to accurately identify soybean lines that continue to fix N even when the weather turns dry. » Read more...

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