Trials with nitrogen-fixing bacteria-based technology have shown yield benefits with winter beans. Recent trials work with the PGRO have shown that Vixeran treated crops retained more pods per plant and improved bean weight – the crucial components that lead to increased yields. “Bean plants are naturally set up to work with symbiotic rhizobium bacteria they host in root nodules; Vixeran lives in the leaves and around the root to fix further atmospheric nitrogen into ammonium, which is readily available to the plant,” explains Syngenta technical manager, Simon Jackson. “This can be especially beneficial where soils are inherently low in rhizobial…