ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (4): 214-219. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2016.04.033

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Effect of Rhizobium Inoculation on Nitrogen Fixation Activity and Biomass of Medicago sativa L.

HAN Zhishun, ZHENG Minna, LIANG Xiuzhi   

  1. Institute of the Crops in High Latitude and Cold Climate Area, Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Datong 037008, China
  • Received:2016-06-08 Published:2016-08-28

Abstract: To select the suitable high efficient nodule bacteria in the ecological region of Shanxi to the main popularized varieties,make full use of the symbiotic nitrogen fixation of alfalfa,and to establish a high efficient,high yield,high quality alfalfa production system,nine strains were screened from the center of Microbial Resource and Application of CAAS.Soil from Datong of Shanxi Province to screen highly-effective strains for Magnum-salt (a cultivar of Medicago sativa) in pot in greenhouse was used in this study.The number of nodules,activity of nitrogen fixing enzyme,plant height and biomass were used as test indexes.Strains of CCBAU30015,CCBAU NMC024-1,HBU07004 and CCBAU30198 were selected by this way.Experiments were conducted in field to test their inoculating responses.The results showed that compared with the uninoculated,the hay yield of M.sativa was increased 18.7%,15.8%,11.3% and 13.3% after inoculating with the strains of CCBAU30015,CCBAU NMC024-1,HBU07004 and CCBAU30198 respectively.And the yield of crude protein (CP) was increased 10.9%,10.2%,9.7% and 10.1%,accordingly.Among the most prominent performance of CCBAU30015,the differences were significant (P<0.05).These results indicated that highly-effective Sinorhizobium meliloti screened from soil and M.sativa cultivar could be applied in production.

Key words: Rhizobium, Medicago sativa L., Screening, Hay yield

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HAN Zhishun, ZHENG Minna, LIANG Xiuzhi. Effect of Rhizobium Inoculation on Nitrogen Fixation Activity and Biomass of Medicago sativa L.[J]. ACTA AGRICULTURAE BOREALI-SINICA, 2016, 31(4): 214-219. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.2016.04.033.

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