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Effect of commercially available rhizobacteria strains on growth and production of lettuce, tomato and pepper
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: K.S. Yobo --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa M.D. Laing --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, Republic of South Africa C.H. Hunter --- Discipline of Microbiology, Republic of South AfricaSeven microbial products of the genus Bacillus were evaluated under greenhouse and shadehouse conditions for efficacy on lettuce, tomato and pepper as plant growth promoters. Treatments were applied as a drench (106 cfu ml1) directly onto seedlings in composted pine... -
Response of two wheat cultivars to inoculation of diazotrophic bacteria in combination with reduced nitrogen fertilisation under field conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: Reannah RN Otanga --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Kwasi S Yobo --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Mark D Laing --- Discipline of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, South AfricaChemical fertilisers are essential for plant nutrition in attaining desired yields. However, increased cost of fertiliser input has made it impossible for small-scale farmers to properly fertilise their crops for optimum yields. Five bacterial strains originally isolated from no-till agricultural...