Population abundance of rhizobia nodulating cowpea in major production areas of Ethiopia as influenced by cropping history and soil properties

ABSTRACT: The size of the native rhizobia population is the most prevailing ecological factors that regulate the competitive success of inoculated rhizobia. Although soil may contain a considerable size of native rhizobia population, the abundance of rhizobia found in a particular soil should be enumerated. This will help to know the sufficiency of the rhizobia for nodulation and successful nitrogen fixation which is offer input in agricultural systems to withstand long-standing soil fertility. Besides, a variety of biotic and abiotic factors such as host plant, cropping history, and soil physico-chemical properties are known to affect rhizobial population in the soil. This study determined the size of the native population of rhizobia nodulating cowpea isolated from selected major growing areas of

SUBMITTER: Erana Kebede 

PROVIDER: S-BSST411 | biostudies-other |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other