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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of five methods of Rhizobium inoculum application on nodulation and nitrogen fixation in Leucaena leucocephala seedlings cultivated for 6 months in the greenhouse. Plants inoculated with alginate beads were significantly more developed and more nodulated than plants inoculated with the other methodologies used.
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Forestier, S., Alvarado, G., Badjel Badjel, S. et al. Effect of Rhizobium inoculation methodologies on nodulation and growth of Leucaena leucocephala. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 17, 359–362 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016627012296
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