NITROGEN-FIXATION AND NUTRIENT-UPTAKE BY 2 CHICKPEA GENOTYPES CULTIVATED IN SANDY SOILS OF EGYPT

Authors
ELGHANDOUR IA MONEM MA MOSTAFA RAK
Citation
Ia. Elghandour et al., NITROGEN-FIXATION AND NUTRIENT-UPTAKE BY 2 CHICKPEA GENOTYPES CULTIVATED IN SANDY SOILS OF EGYPT, Folia microbiologica, 41(3), 1996, pp. 267-271
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Folia microbiologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155632
Volume
41
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
267 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5632(1996)41:3<267:NANB2C>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted to compare local chickpea (Giza 2) an d its recently developed cultivar L(3). The two genotypes were examine d for biological dinitrogen fixation and P uptake as enhanced by inocu lation with Rhizobium (Rh) and/or arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM). Signific ant increase in dry mass was obtained by biological inoculation. Soil chemical and physical properties have a significant effect on the abil ity of the two genotypes to fix nitrogen on their P uptake and N conte nt. Growth of the local genotype (G(2)) was pronounced in sandy loam s oil as compared with the sandy one.