Publication Date
1989
Description
The study of the biological N2-fixation associated with forage crops, legumes and grasses has been started in our Institute since 1983 (Scotti et al., 1985, 1989) in order to define the characteristics of plants and meadow structures highly productive and persistent with low input of nitrate N. Legumes grasses binary associations have been found among the most interesting meadow structures for our regions. For this reason we started to study the system (Grasses - Azospirillum) + (Lucerne - Rhizobium) with the following objectives : a) to investigate the effect of inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense in pure stand and in mixture ; b) to determine if the dynamics of the species in mixture (interference effect) was modified by inoculation; c) to study the inoculation and interference effects on the symbiotic relationship lucerne - Rhizobium meliloti, measured by the nodule biomass.
Citation
Scotti, C; Zannone, L; and Molinari, M, "Effect of Azospirillum brasilense Inoculation in Grasses and Binary Associations Lecerne + Grass" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 16.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session2/16
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Effect of Azospirillum brasilense Inoculation in Grasses and Binary Associations Lecerne + Grass
The study of the biological N2-fixation associated with forage crops, legumes and grasses has been started in our Institute since 1983 (Scotti et al., 1985, 1989) in order to define the characteristics of plants and meadow structures highly productive and persistent with low input of nitrate N. Legumes grasses binary associations have been found among the most interesting meadow structures for our regions. For this reason we started to study the system (Grasses - Azospirillum) + (Lucerne - Rhizobium) with the following objectives : a) to investigate the effect of inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense in pure stand and in mixture ; b) to determine if the dynamics of the species in mixture (interference effect) was modified by inoculation; c) to study the inoculation and interference effects on the symbiotic relationship lucerne - Rhizobium meliloti, measured by the nodule biomass.
