The response of Lotus uliginosus L. grown on hill soils to inoculation with Rhizobium
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1365-2494
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Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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The response of marsh birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus uliginosus) to inoculation with appropriate Rhizobium spp. was compared over 2 years. Inoculated and uninoculated seed was sown at 5 kg ha-1 on three soil types, brown earth, peaty podsol and deep peat. Perennial ryegrass cv. Perma was sown at 20 kg ha-1 as a companion species. Plots received either no N or a light starter dressing of 30 kg ha-1 N. Significant benefits from inoculation were recorded for Lotus germination and nodulation, Lotus and non-Lotus herbage DM harvested and Lotus cover on the deep peat, and to a lesser extent on the other soil-types. Due to particularly uneven early establishment, work on the peaty-podsol site was discontinued at an early stage. There was a trend towards depression of Lotus where N had been applied to inoculated plots.
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Electronic Resource
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