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Prospects for Improved Yield and Nitrogen Fixation in Underutilized Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranean L. Verdc.) Using Native Symbiotic Rhizobia Strains.
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: Received: 10 December 2023 / Approved: 12 December 2023 / Online: 12 December 2023 (11:20:15 CET)
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AJAYI, O.; DIANDA, M.; FAGADE, O. Prospects for Improved Yield and Nitrogen Fixation in Underutilized Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranean L. Verdc.) Using Native Symbiotic Rhizobia Strains.. Preprints2023, 2023120884. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0884.v1
AJAYI, O.; DIANDA, M.; FAGADE, O. Prospects for Improved Yield and Nitrogen Fixation in Underutilized Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranean L. Verdc.) Using Native Symbiotic Rhizobia Strains.. Preprints 2023, 2023120884. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0884.v1
AJAYI, O.; DIANDA, M.; FAGADE, O. Prospects for Improved Yield and Nitrogen Fixation in Underutilized Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranean L. Verdc.) Using Native Symbiotic Rhizobia Strains.. Preprints2023, 2023120884. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0884.v1
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AJAYI, O., DIANDA, M., & FAGADE, O. (2023). Prospects for Improved Yield and Nitrogen Fixation in Underutilized Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranean L. Verdc.) Using Native Symbiotic Rhizobia Strains.. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0884.v1
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AJAYI, O., M. DIANDA and O.E. FAGADE. 2023 "Prospects for Improved Yield and Nitrogen Fixation in Underutilized Bambara Groundnut (Vigna Subterranean L. Verdc.) Using Native Symbiotic Rhizobia Strains." Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0884.v1
Abstract
Bambara groundnut (BG) (Vigna subterranean L. verdc) is a highly nutritious and economically important leguminous crop of African origin that forms symbiotic relationships nitrogen fixing rhizobia, but it has a low yield. Currently, there is paucity of information on effective rhizobium inoculant, (to improve the yield), for BG which are cheaper and safer alternatives to chemical fertilizers. Indigenous rhizobia strains were trapped from 54 farm soils collected at three Nigerian states (Niger, Kaduna and Kano). Six selected rhizobium strains (Bradhyrhizobium spp) were identified using 16S rDNA sequencing, applied as inoculant in field experiment using completely randomized block design and compared with USDA110 strain (Bradhyrhizobim japonicum), urea fertilizer and un-inoculated plants on 2 selected BG varieties (TVSU1248 and TVSU 631). Nutrient utilization and nitrogen fixation in plants were determined at 6 weeks while leaf chlorophyll was determined forth-nightly. Seed yield was determined at maturity. The strains increased the %nitrogen (1.33±0.10 - ≥1.37±0.05), and %phosphorous (0.48±0.02 - ≥0.51±0.02), %nitrogen fixed (21.07±2.38 - ≥61.30±6.13), nodulation (72.50±21.075 - 154.00±23.79) and leaf chlorophyll were ≥49.74±1.47mg/L, ≥51.82±1.86mg/L and ≥49.65±1.56mg/L at 2nd, 4th and 6th week after planting respectively and the yield of BG (from average of 398.6 Kgha-1 to 1454.725 Kgha-1). Seed yield was highest (1869.85±273.68 Kgha-1) in BG variety TVSU1248 using BN5 strain. Indigenous Bambara-symbiotic strains significantly increased the seed yields, and plant nutrient, showing their potential as use for inoculant to improve the yield of Bambara groundnut.
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