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The effect of varying concentrations of DDT was studied on growth, nodulation, yield, leghaemoglobin content of nodules and nitrogen uptake ofPhaseolus aureus inoculated withRhizobium sp. Normal doses and even ten times more than those were not deleterious to any of the above characters but 40 ppm and higher levels were significantly harmful. Addition of 1 per cent organic matter appreciably reduced the toxic action of the insecticide.
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Pareek, R.P., Gaur, A.C. Effect of dichloro diphenyl trichloro-ethane (DDT) on symbiosis ofRhizobium sp. withPhaseolus aureus (green gram). Plant Soil 33, 297–304 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01378222
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