EFFECT OF SEED INOCULATION WITH AZOTOBACTER ON RAPE YIELD IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

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Agricultural Microbiology Research Department, Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

The effect of seed inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum, as well as organic and inorganic nitrogen fertilizers, on the growth of rape plants was studied. A field experiment was carried out at Ismailia, Egypt. Inoculation with Azotobacter as well as organic amendments raised the yield of seeds by 16.8%. These treatments also raised densities of Azotobacter in the rhizosphere and plain soil. 

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