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The Relationship Between the Numbers of Rhizobia in Broth and the Quality of Peat‐based Legume Inoculants
Author(s) -
ROUGHLEY R. J.,
THOMPSON J. A.
Publication year - 1978
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.1365-2672.1978.tb00805.x
Subject(s) - rhizobia , microbial inoculant , peat , legume , biology , food science , agronomy , chemistry , horticulture , botany , nitrogen fixation , bacteria , inoculation , ecology , genetics
1 The numbers of rhizobia in unsterilized peat‐based legume inoculants were not significantly related to the numbers in the broths used in their preparation provided the broths contained a minimum of 5 x 10 8 ml‐ 1 . 2 This relationship was also true for 18 of 19 strains grown in sterilized peat. 3 It is considered that counting rhizobia in broth culture is unproductive except where the production of inoculants is in its development phase.