Importance of Rhizobium culture in soybean crop

  • Rhizobium bacteria are found in the root nodules of leguminous plants (soybean and other leguminous crops), which is helpful in increasing the yield of the crop by stabilizing atmospheric nitrogen. Rhizobium is a biofertilizer used in pulse crops.

 Benefits of using Rhizobium in soybean crop –

  • Rhizobium bacteria fix the nitrogen present in the environment and reach the roots of plants. Therefore, it reduces the need of chemical fertilizers in pulse crops.

  • The use of Rhizobium has increased the yield of soybean by several percent. The use of Rhizobium increases the amount of nitrogen in the soil and maintains fertility.

  • The nitrogen accumulated by the bacteria present in the roots of soybean is absorbed by the next crop. The nitrogen stored by Rhizobium is completely available to the plants due to it being in organic form.

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Importance of Rhizobium culture in soybean crop

Importance of Rhizobium culture in soybean crop
  • Rhizobium is  a bacteria found in soybean roots which increases the crop yield by atmospheric nitrogen fixing. But currently the amount of undesirable elements in the soil has so much increased that the bacteria of Rhizobium in the soybean crop are unable to function to the best of their ability. 
  • Therefore, using Rhizobium culture produces fast legume in the roots of soybean crop and increases the yield of soybean by 50-60%.
  • The use of Rhizobium culture increases about 12-16 kg of nitrogen to the soil per acre.
  • Rhizobium culture is done by adding 5 grams per kg of seed for seed treatment and 1 kg of culture per 50 kg FYM before sowing for soil treatment.
  • Nitrogen deposited by Rhizobium bacteria present in the roots of the pulses is used in the next crop, which also requires less fertilization in the next crop.
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