Abstract
A dry granular inoculant of Rhizobium was prepared from sodium alginate and peralite. High numbers of two groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) Rhizobium strains, NC 92 and TAL 1000 used to prepare inoculants survived in dry granules beyond 180 days. The viable counts were 9.72 and 9.91 log10 rhizobia g-1 of dry granules for NC 92 and TAL 1000, respectively compared to 8.0 log10 rhizobia g-1 of peat inoculant for NC 92 at the end of six months storage. The granular inoculant was free from contaminants. In a pot culture experiment the granular inoculant applied to the soil gave similar results when seeds were dressed with a peat inoculant; nodulation and growth of groundnut were similar. The major advantage of this inoculant is that, it can be stored in a dry state without losing much viability.
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Hegde, S.V., Brahmaprakash, G.P. A dry granular inoculant of Rhizobium for soil application. Plant Soil 144, 309–311 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00012890
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