Cultivation constrains of Bambara groundnut in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact of Rhizobial Inoculants DOI Creative Commons

Maria Lovisa Dhiginina Amwenyo,

Lydia N. Horn,

Thomas Hurek

et al.

Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 16, 2025

Abstract Background The Sub-Saharan African food system is facing multiple threats, including soil nutrient depletion, monoculture cereal farming, population expansion, and climate change. These factors collectively pose a risk to agricultural productivity security in the region. Scope Bambara groundnut (BGN) (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc) yield has been decline due various abiotic such as high temperature, drought, salinity, well biotic like nitrogen-fixing symbiont host specificity. challenges have negatively impacted crop security. This review highlights significance of BGN addressing insecurity explores its potential advantages for small-scale farmers. provides good example strong effects microbiome, particularly specific symbionts root nodules, on production systems. A focus this highlight applications biofertilizers groundnut. Conclusion emphasizes improve fertility, using inoculation technology, which could benefit farmers contribute enhancing Bradyrhizobium inoculants may be designed specifically cultivar level BGN.

Language: Английский

Cultivation constrains of Bambara groundnut in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impact of Rhizobial Inoculants DOI Creative Commons

Maria Lovisa Dhiginina Amwenyo,

Lydia N. Horn,

Thomas Hurek

et al.

Plant and Soil, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 16, 2025

Abstract Background The Sub-Saharan African food system is facing multiple threats, including soil nutrient depletion, monoculture cereal farming, population expansion, and climate change. These factors collectively pose a risk to agricultural productivity security in the region. Scope Bambara groundnut (BGN) (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc) yield has been decline due various abiotic such as high temperature, drought, salinity, well biotic like nitrogen-fixing symbiont host specificity. challenges have negatively impacted crop security. This review highlights significance of BGN addressing insecurity explores its potential advantages for small-scale farmers. provides good example strong effects microbiome, particularly specific symbionts root nodules, on production systems. A focus this highlight applications biofertilizers groundnut. Conclusion emphasizes improve fertility, using inoculation technology, which could benefit farmers contribute enhancing Bradyrhizobium inoculants may be designed specifically cultivar level BGN.

Language: Английский

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