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Rhizosphere effect of twenty varieties of wheat, two of maize and three of sorghum on nitrogen fixing bacteria was measured. The rhizosphere effect of wheat with regard toClostridium- like anaerobes was higher than those of maize and sorghum. The reverse was true with regard toAzotobacter chroococcum.
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Kavimandan, S.K., Kumari, M.L. & Rao, N.S.S. Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria in the rhizosphere of wheat, maize and sorghum. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 87, 299–302 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03048160
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