El-Kassas, A., Gaafar, E. (2005). EFFECT OF CYANOBACTERIA INOCULATION ON WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN QUALITY. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, 30(1), 561-567. doi: 10.21608/jacb.2005.225262
A. R. El-Kassas; E. M. Gaafar. "EFFECT OF CYANOBACTERIA INOCULATION ON WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN QUALITY". Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, 30, 1, 2005, 561-567. doi: 10.21608/jacb.2005.225262
El-Kassas, A., Gaafar, E. (2005). 'EFFECT OF CYANOBACTERIA INOCULATION ON WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN QUALITY', Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, 30(1), pp. 561-567. doi: 10.21608/jacb.2005.225262
El-Kassas, A., Gaafar, E. EFFECT OF CYANOBACTERIA INOCULATION ON WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN QUALITY. Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, 2005; 30(1): 561-567. doi: 10.21608/jacb.2005.225262
EFFECT OF CYANOBACTERIA INOCULATION ON WHEAT PRODUCTIVITY AND GRAIN QUALITY
1Food and Technology Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt
2Soils, Water and Environment Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center,Egypt
Abstract
At present, a great interest in establishing novel associations between higher plants and a variety of N2-fixing microorganisms has entered the scientific scene arising from the prospects and the possibilities of their potentially application. . In this paper, data presented is obtained during the co-cultivation of local cyanobacteria strains previously isolated from the Egyptian rice soils and wheat. Results revealed that cyanobacteria inoculation (SBI) exhibited an economical view that it can save about 30 % of the mineral nitrogen amounts required for wheat crop production. This trend was noticed when SBI inoculation was applied at the rate of 3 kg ha-1 combined with 80 kg N ha-1 which recorded a grain yield not significantly different from that obtained by 120 kg N ha-1 the recommended nitrogen dose in wheat cultivation. Cyanobacteria inoculated to wheat crop have also improved both wheat yield components and wheat grains quality.