Authors
CP Chanway, RK Hynes, LM Nelson
Publication date
1989/1/1
Journal
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
511-517
Publisher
Pergamon
Description
The potential of a number of putative plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial strains to enhance the growth and nitrogen fixation of western Canadian cultivars of lentil (Lens esculenta Moench) and pea (Pisum sativum L.) was assessed in field and laboratory studies. Nine strains were tested on a single cultivar of lentil (Eston) and pea (Trapper) in the field. None of the strains had any effect on growth of pea in the field, but in lentil inoculated with one or more of the rhizobacterial strains, there were significant increases in emergence, vigor, nodulation, C2H2 reduction activity and root weight. Further laboratory studies conducted with the two best strains, G2-8 and G11-32 and lentil cv. Eston used four in vitro cultivation systems to determine the optimal conditions for plant growth enhancement. There was variation among experiments and cultivation systems but growth stimulation similar to that in the field was observed …
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CP Chanway, RK Hynes, LM Nelson - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 1989