Growth of perennial forage legumes in acidic soils of the Appalachian Hill‐Lands after liming

Autor:	T. E. Staley
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	biology Perennial plant Physiology fungi food and beverages biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition biology.organism_classification complex mixtures Rhizobia Red Clover Agronomy Soil pH Trifolium repens Lotus corniculatus Medicago sativa Agronomy and Crop Science Legume
Zdroj:	Journal of Plant Nutrition. 16:2577-2590
ISSN:	1532-4087 0190-4167
DOI:	10.1080/01904169309364704
Popis:	A major constraint to the renovation of forage legume‐based pastures on acidic soils of the Appalachian hill‐lands is thought to be the absence of effective rhizobia. A growth chamber experiment was done with aluminum (Al) toxic, low pH (≥ 4.2) soils from four series (Berks, Lily, Tate, and Westmoreland) that were planted with alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), white clover (Trifolium repens L.), or birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.). These soils, without lime addition, were previously shown not to contain effective, naturalized populations of rhizobia for these plant species. However, a non‐toxic, pH 6.8, Watauga soil was shown to have such rhizobia but only for alfalfa. In the present study, these five soils were reexamined after liming to pH ≥ 5.5 for effective, naturalized populations of rhizobia and the efficacy of soil inoculation with commercially available rhizobia. In addition to effective, naturalized R. meliloti for alfalfa in the Watauga soil, sim...
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