Rhizobia which symbiotically fixes nitrogen in non-legumes, a material for treating seeds of a non legume seed, a non-legume seed, a non-legume plant and a method for producing Rhizobia transconjugants

摘要

The present invention is directed to Rhizobia transformants that nodulate and fix nitrogen in non-legumes. The nodulated non-legume plants can be grown without nitrogenous fertilizer and have a higher protein content, dry matter content and nitrogen content than their non-nodulated counterparts which are fertilized by the addition of nitrogenous fertilizer. The straw remaining after harvesting the nodulated non-legumes is also high in protein content.