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A Method of Culturing Rhizobium meliloti on Porous Granules to Form a Pre‐Inoculant for Lucerne Seed
Author(s) -
FRASER MARGARET E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1975.tb00581.x
Subject(s) - rhizobia , microbial inoculant , medicago sativa , rhizobium , granule (geology) , biology , agronomy , horticulture , inoculation , symbiosis , bacteria , paleontology , genetics
A method for the production of a granule inoculant of Rhizobium meliloti for lucerne seed ( Medicago sativa ) is described. The method enables large scale production of such an inoculant to be considered and is derived from the work previously reported (Fraser, 1966). Modifications have resulted in a granule with a higher initial count of rhizobia and with better survival on storage. An inoculum ranging from 200 000 rhizobia/seed from freshly prepared granules to 2000/seed from granules stored for 6 months at room temperature is possible.