EFFECT OF CYANOBACTERIA INOCULATION ON WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN QUALITY | ||
| Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology | ||
| Article 3, Volume 30, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 561-567 PDF (401.35 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jacb.2005.225262 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A. R. El-Kassas1; E. M. Gaafar2 | ||
| 1Food and Technology Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 2Soils, Water and Environment Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center,Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| At present, a great interest in establishing novel associations between higher plants and a variety of N2-fixing microorganisms has entered the scientific scene arising from the prospects and the possibilities of their potentially application. . In this paper, data presented is obtained during the co-cultivation of local cyanobacteria strains previously isolated from the Egyptian rice soils and wheat. Results revealed that cyanobacteria inoculation (SBI) exhibited an economical view that it can save about 30 % of the mineral nitrogen amounts required for wheat crop production. This trend was noticed when SBI inoculation was applied at the rate of 3 kg ha-1 combined with 80 kg N ha-1 which recorded a grain yield not significantly different from that obtained by 120 kg N ha-1 the recommended nitrogen dose in wheat cultivation. Cyanobacteria inoculated to wheat crop have also improved both wheat yield components and wheat grains quality. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Cyanobacteria; wheat; quality; grains | ||
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