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Inoculation of Soyabeans (Glycine max) In Israel with Rhizobium Japonicum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

Y. Okon ,
M. Volfovitch ,
Y. Henis  and
M. J. Pinthus
Y. Okon
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, PO Box 12, Israel
M. Volfovitch
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, PO Box 12, Israel
Y. Henis
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, PO Box 12, Israel
M. J. Pinthus
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, PO Box 12, Israel
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Summary

No natural population of Rhizobium japonicum specific for soyabeans (Glycine max L.) could be found in any soil type in Israel. A crop of 5450 kg seed/ha was obtained in a field of sandy soil, inoculated with commercial granular inoculant, by maintaining soil at a moisture level near to field capacity during the growing season. In another field, on heavy soil inoculated with different strains of R. japonicum, the highest yield was obtained with strain 31-SM, a mutant derived from strain 61A75. Nitrogen fixation, as measured by the acetylene reduction method, was highest with strain 31-SM. Under local conditions soyabean plants snowed 100% nodulation when inoculated by the slurry method, by granular inoculant or by spraying bacteria into the furrow.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1979 , pp. 267 - 272
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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