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Estimation of nitrogen fixation by immobilized anaerobic and facultative anaerobes using 15 N technique

Volume : 88
Issue: Oct-dec
Pages: 618 - 621
Published: June 22, 2023
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Abstract


Nitrogen fixation by the facultative and anaerobic nitrogen fixing Klebsiella and Clostridium was studied. After characterization cultures were immobilized with sodium alginate and inoculated. A pot culture experiment with IR 50 paddy indicated positive contribution by immobilized cells. The nitrogen fixing ability of the inoculated cultures were estimated using "N technique. The immobilized cells of Clostridium sp. and Klesiella sp. not only fixed the atmospheric N but also enhanced the nitrogen uptake by rice to the tune of 4.22 kg N ha m' and 2.835 kg ha m' respectively.

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618 - 621
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Facultative anaerobes Nitrogen fixation Immobilization techniques
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