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Number and effectiveness of cowpea rhizobia in soils of Guyana

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A.A. Trotman
National Agricultural Research Institute, Guyana
R.W. Weaver
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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Keywords

Vigna unguiculata
Nitrogen fixation
Bradyrhizobium sp.
Inoculation

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Number and effectiveness of cowpea rhizobia in soils of Guyana. (1986). Tropical Agriculture, 63(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2113
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Abstract

Soils in 15 fields in Guyana were sampled to determine the population size of cowpea rhizobia present and their effectiveness. The population size was influenced by the presence of cowpea in the cropping sequence and ranged from < 1 to 10º rhizobia gram-1 of soil. Most of the fields contained approximately 200 rhizobia g-1. A total of 65 rhizobial isolates were tested for effectiveness and most were only moderately effective and ? 20% were ineffective. The results indicate that the indigenous cowpea rhizobial populations are low enough in number and effectiveness for a potential response to inoculation of cowpeas grown in Guyana.
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