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Utility of Rhizobium in the phyllosphere of crop plants in nitrogen-free sand culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. S. Nandi ,
B. Sengupta  and
S. P. Sen
A. S. Nandi
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, India
B. Sengupta
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, India
S. P. Sen
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, India
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Summary

Soya bean, mung bean, Bengal gram and lentil grown in nitrogenless sand culture and sprayed with suspensions of different strains of Rhizobium showed increases in dry weight, chlorophyll and N-content. In a few cases the performance of Rhizobium applied to the phyllosphere was almost as good as a seed inoculation treatment. The beneficial effect of spraying Rhizobiumstrains was independent of the specificity of cross-inoculation groups. Nitrogenase activity as indicated by acetylene reduction by the Rhizooium-leaf association varied between 460 and 723 nmol/g leaf/h.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 98 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 167 - 171
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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