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The Role of Rhizobial Biodiversity in Legume Crop Productivity in the West Asian Highlands. IV. Rhizobium ciceri

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

J. D. H. Keatinge ,
D. P. Beck ,
L. A. Materon ,
N. Yurtsever ,
K. Karuc  and
S. Altuntas
J. D. H. Keatinge
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University of Reading, Berkshire, England;
D. P. Beck
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria;
L. A. Materon
Affiliation:
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria;
N. Yurtsever
Affiliation:
Soil and Fertilizer Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara, Turkey
K. Karuc
Affiliation:
Soil and Fertilizer Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara, Turkey
S. Altuntas
Affiliation:
Soil and Fertilizer Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ankara, Turkey
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Summary

The native rhizobia capable of symbiosis with chickpea crops in the Turkish highlands were surveyed and estimates made of the numbers of bacteria and the nitrogen fixing efficiency of isolates of R. ciceri in symbiosis with an improved Turkish cultivar and a local landracc. Soils were collected from locations at elevations between 500 and 2200 m.

Native rhizobia specific to the local landrace were more abundant than those specific to the improved cultivar but nitrogen fixation efficiencies of all isolates were consistently poor. Agronomic research priorities must include the identification of strains of rhizobia symbiotically efficient and ecologically persistent in highland soils. Comprehensive trials with these strains as artificial inoculants on chickpeas are required throughout the region.

Biodiversidad en el Rhizobium ciceri

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , October 1995 , pp. 501 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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