'Natural' nitrogen-fixing bacteria protect soybeans from aphids

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 - 10:42 in Health & Medicine

An invasion of soybean aphids poses a problem for soybean farmers requiring application of pesticides, but a team of Penn State entomologists thinks a careful choice of nitrogen-fixing bacteria may provide protection against the sucking insects.

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