Effect of Steam Sterilization and Gamma Irradiation of Peat on Quality of Rhizobium Inoculants
AUTOR(ES)
Strijdom, Barend W.
RESUMO
Data obtained by independent tests on each of 483 batches of Rhizobium inoculants for Glycine max, Medicago sativa, and Arachis hypogaea, manufactured commercially in South Africa, are reported and discussed. Whereas the average cell count per gram per batch was well in excess of 109, inoculants for G. max and M. sativa manufactured with peat treated with gamma irradiation at a dose of 50 kGr contained significantly higher numbers of Rhizobium cells than inoculants from peat which received 25 kGr. Inoculants for M. sativa manufactured with steam-sterilized peat were similar in quality to those prepared with peat irradiated at a dose of 50 kGr. Contrary to the inoculants for G. max and M. sativa, the Rhizobium strain used in inoculants for A. hypogaea was apparently insensitive to the effect on peat of the higher gamma irradiation dosage.
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