Seed Inoculant Articles & Analysis
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In organic farming, a simple cover crop of nitrogen-fixing legumes is planted and grown for around three months before the main crop goes in. Seed inoculants are simply a powdery form of Rhizobia. Seeds are dampened and then coated with this powder prior to planting. This introduces an abundant population of nitrogen-fixing Rhizobia into the ...
Merr., cv. Hutcheson (the control)]}. Seeds were inoculated and planted after wheat harvest in mid-June 2003 through 2006. ...
Plant dry matter (DM), N concentration, N accumulation, and grain N were also increased with soybean seed inoculation; however, seed quality was not affected. Fertilizer N application increased plant DM but did not increase grain yield, with or without inoculation. Furthermore, N fertilizer did not increase plant N or improve ...
Merr.] (cv. Hutcheson) as a control. Seeds were inoculated and planted (60-cm row spacing) annually in mid-June 2004 through 2006. Seeding rates were varied to achieve 10 seeds m–1 row length. Grain was harvested at the end of growing seasons (90–120 d since planting), and grain samples were ground (1.0 mm) and analyzed for N ...
The first strategy might allow for the enhanced distribution of inoculant rhizobia in the surface soil, compared with inoculant that is directly applied to soybean seed, while the second strategy is expected to enhance root colonization. ...
Rhizobia, the bacteria that form N2-fixing symbioses with leguminous plants, have a long history of safe use as seed inoculants, their biology is relatively well known, and they represent a relevant model system. ...