Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of summer mungbean rhizobia

Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of rhizobia isolated from root and soil rhizosphere of summer mungbean was assessed on the basis of plant growth promoting traits and using RAPD primers. In present studies, isolates of rhizobia from nodules were purified on Congo red Yeast Mannitol Agar (CRYEMA) medium from summer mungbean growing areas of Punjab state, India.