Optimising the growth and nitrogen fixation of legumes through the use of improved rhizobia strains
Publication Date
1-3-2022
Series Number
UMU1901-002RTX
Publisher
Grains Research and Development Corporation
City
Kingston, ACT
Abstract
Key messages:
- An elite rhizobia strain (WSM4643) has provisionally replaced the present Australian commercial inoculant group E/F strain (WSM1455) for the inoculation of field peas, vetch and lentils.
- The new strain will be commercially available for the 2023 season after final quality checks by Australian inoculation manufacturing companies in 2022.
- The improved strain will provide growers with a robust inoculant that enables field peas, vetch and lentils to nodulate and increase N fixation on infertile, acidic soils.
Keywords
rhizobia, peas, vetch, lentils, legumes, WSM4643, nitrogen
Recommended Citation
Yates, R J.
(2022), Optimising the growth and nitrogen fixation of legumes through the use of improved rhizobia strains. Grains Research and Development Corporation, Kingston, ACT. Report UMU1901-002RTX.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fc_researchrpts/36
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