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A spraying method for the inoculation of seeds with Rhizobium is described. The flowers sprayed with a heavy inoculum of Rhizobium thrice at two days interval will produce seeds having the same Rhizobium. These seeds showed the capacity to nodulate on germination. re]19720504
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Gupta, K.G., Singh, H. & Sud, R.K. On the inoculation of legumes. Plant Soil 38, 667–669 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010706
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