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Assessment of faba bean (Vicia faba) response to inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum in clay loam Nile Delta soil

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A field experiment was conducted to assess the response to inoculation with rhizobia in a clay loam soil of the Nile Delta using faba bean (Vicia faba) for two successive winter seasons (1985/6 and 1986/7). Three selected strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum, TAL 634, NRC 65 and TAL 1400, were used singly or in combination as peat-based inocula in 1985/6 winter season. Strain TAL 1400 was replaced by strain F9 in the 1986/7 winter season. A significant seed yield response was obtained only with strain TAL 1400, in the 1985/6 season. In the 1986/7 season, no significant yield response was observed with any of the strains. The serotyping of nodules collected in the 1985/6 season showed that strain TAL 1400 was more competitive than either the indigenous rhizobia or the two inoculant strains. However, the majority of nodules formed in the 1986/7 season were formed from strains other than the inoculant ones.

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  1. National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    H. Moawad, S. M. S. Badr El Din & M. A. Khalafallah

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Moawad, H., Badr El Din, S.M.S. & Khalafallah, M.A. Assessment of faba bean (Vicia faba) response to inoculation with Rhizobium leguminosarum in clay loam Nile Delta soil. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 7, 191–195 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328989

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