Vigna spp. Root-Nodules Harbor Potentially Pathogenic Fungi Controlled By Co-habiting Bacteria.

This study aimed to isolate, identify, and evaluate the pathogenicity of nodule-borne fungi of asymptomatic Vigna spp. plants, grown in soils from preserved tropical dry forests (Caatinga) areas and identify the occurrence of co-habiting bacteria from these plants, and which have potential to control the co-occurring pathogenic fungi. Fungi and bacteria were isolated from three Vigna species (V.

Co-inoculation of two symbiotically efficient strains improves cowpea development better than a single bacterium application.

The co-inoculation of with other non-bradyrhizobial strains was already assessed on cowpea, but the co-inoculation of two strains was not tested up to now. This study aimed to evaluate the cowpea growth, N accumulation, and competitiveness of the elite strain BR 3262 when co-inoculated with other efficient from the Brazilian semiarid region. Three potted-plant experiments were carried out.