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NEET 2011
Exam
NEET
Year
2011
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Biotechnology and Its Applications

NEET 2011 · Zoology · Biotechnology and Its Applications

An organism used as a biofertilizer for raising soyabean crop is

An organism used as a biofertilizer for raising soyabean crop is

Options

  1. AAzospirillum
  2. BRhizobium
  3. CNostoc
  4. DAzotobacter

Correct answer

B. Rhizobium

Step-by-step solution

Rhizobium leguminosarum is a symbiotic bacteria found in root nodules of legume. This bacterium has nitrogen fix nif gene and fixing N2\mathrm{N}_2. Soyabean is a legume. Thus, Rhizobium is used as a biofertilizer for raising soyabean crop.
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