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J. Range Manage. 47:12-15, January 1994

Growth response of Mediterranean herbaceous swards to inoculation with Azospirillum

brasilense E. ZAADY,

Y. OKON, AND A. PEREVOLOTSKY

Authors are with the Hebrew Univ. ofJerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Dep. of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rehovot 76100, Israel; Dep. of Natural Resources, ARO, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel.

Abstract

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A study was conducted on the effect of the rbizobacterium Azospirillum brasilense strain Cd on the production of herbaceous swards growing at 2 rangeland habitats in Israel. One habitat was the semiarid zone (