An organism used as biofertilizer for raising soyabean crop is

An organism used as biofertilizer for raising soyabean crop is
A $Nostoc$
B $Azotobacter$
C $Azospirillum$
D $Rhizobium$

Detailed Solution

Soyabean is a leguminous plant.
The roots of legumes form nodules by symbiotic association with the bacterium $Rhizobium$.
$Rhizobium$ fixes atmospheric nitrogen into organic forms in the nodules, which the plant uses as a nutrient; so it is used as the biofertiliser for legume crops.
$Azotobacter$ and $Azospirillum$ are free-living nitrogen fixers of the soil, and $Nostoc$ is a cyanobacterium used mainly in paddy fields.
Hence the biofertiliser used for raising a soyabean crop is $Rhizobium$.

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