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February 15 2013

North Africa: Desert Bacteria Could Help Boost Crop Yields

Desert soil microbes could help halt desertification and boost agriculture in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa, according to a study.

Scientists from the United Arab Emirates [UAE] have isolated local salt- and drought-tolerant strains of Rhizobia, soil bacteria that fix nitrogen when they become established inside the root nodules of legumes.

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