تلخیص
A screening experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of rhizobia for lentil was carried out under controlled environment. Using dilution plate technique, seventy five cultures of rhizobia were isolated. A pouch experiment was conducted for screening of efficient cultures. Results of pouch study showed that inoculation with selected cultures increased the root length, shoot length, root weight, shoot weight, root dry weight and shoot dry weight of lentil up to 135, 82, 175, 161, 150 and 140%, respectively over uninoculated control, while up to 11 nodules plant-1 were recorded in case of inoculation with rhizobial cultures. Results indicated that screening of the effective cultures of rhizobia for growth promotion under gnotobiotic conditions could be a useful approach for selecting the efficient cultures before testing their potential under field conditions
M. Zafar-ul-Hye, Z.A. Zahir*, , S.M. Shahzad,, U. Irshad, M. Arshad. (2007) Isolation and screening of rhizobia for improving growth and nodulation of lentil (Lens culinaris Medic) seedlings under axenic conditions, The Journal Soil & Environment , Volume 26, Issue 1.
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