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A field experiment was conducted to compare local chickpea (Giza 2) and its recently developed cultivar L3. The two genotypes were examined for biological dinitrogen fixation and P uptake as enhanced by inoculation withRhizobium (Rh) and/or arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM). Significant increase in dry mass was obtained by biological inoculation. Soil chemical and physical properties have a significant effect on the ability of the two genotypes to fix nitrogen on their P uptake and N content. Growth of the local genotype (G2) was pronounced in sandy loam soil as compared with the sandy one.
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El-Ghandour, I.A., Monem, M.A. & Mostafa, R.A.K. Nitrogen fixation and nutrient uptake by two chickpea genotypes cultivated in sandy soils of Egypt. Folia Microbiol 41, 267–271 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02814629
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