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How Rhizobium acts as a efficient bio - fertilizer?

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Bio-fertilizers containing rhizobium bacteria are called rhizobium bio-fertilizer culture. Symbiotic bacteria that reside inside the root noules convert the atmospheric nitrogen into a bio available form to the plants. This nitrogen fixing bacterium when applie to the soil undergoes multiplication in billions and fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in the soil. Rhizobium is best suited for that paddy fields which increase the yield by 15-40%.
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