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Effect of fertilization and inoculation with native rhizobial strains on growth of Prosopis alba seedlings under nursery conditions

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Prosopis alba (algarrobo blanco) is able to fix N2 symbiotically associated with nodule inducing rhizobacteria. However, there is no information related to the effects and interactions of inoculation and fertilization during the production of “algarrobo blanco” seedlings. The aim of this work was to evaluate, under nursery conditions, the combined effect of inoculation with specific rhizobacteria and nitrate (NO3−) levels on growth and nodulation of P. alba seedlings from two localities and phytogeographical provenances: La Paz and Campo Durán from Espinal and Parque Chaqueño regions, respectively. Seeds were inoculated two days after sowing with a mix containing three specific rhizobacteria isolates and fertilized with three NO3− concentrations (0, 2.8 and 21.6 mM). Inoculation combined with 2.8 mM NO3− increased leaf number and favored collar diameter, without a significant effect on total height. Fertilization with 21.6 mM NO3− stimulated seedling growth, yielding the highest seedlings with the highest node number with leaves and the lowest percentage of nodulated plants. Seedlings from La Paz showed better response in collar diameter and leaf number than those from Campo Durán.

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This work was supported by Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) and Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnología de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (SeCyT UNC). PReT-ERIOS 1263305, INTA-PNFOR 1104073 and INTA-PNFOR 1104063 and Secyt-UNC 203-2014 projects. We also like to thanks all the technical staff who helped with the establishment and maintenance of the nursery test.

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  1. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Concordia, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Casilla de Correo 34, CP 3200, Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina

    Carla S. Salto, Gustavo Pedro Javier Oberschelp & Leonel Harrand

  2. Centro de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (IFRGV-CIAP), Instituto de Fisiología y Recursos Genéticos Vegetales, INTA, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Córdoba, Argentina

    Mariana Melchiorre

  3. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales (FCEFyN), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

    Mariana Melchiorre & Ezequiel Pozzi

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Salto, C.S., Melchiorre, M., Oberschelp, G.P.J. et al. Effect of fertilization and inoculation with native rhizobial strains on growth of Prosopis alba seedlings under nursery conditions. Agroforest Syst 93, 621–629 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0156-8

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