TY - JA AU - Reynders,L. AU - Vlassak,K. TI - Use of Azospirillum brasilense as biofertilizer in intensive wheat cropping SN - 1573-5036 U1 - 83-851489 PY - 1982/// KW - Fertilizers KW - AGROVOC KW - Soil biology KW - Wheat triticum spp KW - Soil fertility N1 - 11 ref.; Summary (En); Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0032-079X N2 - Three field experiments were conducted on 10 cultivars of winter wheat and 4 cultivars of spring wheat to estimate the growth promoting effect of Azospirillum brasilense under varying nitrogen doses. Independent of cultivar selection or nitrogen dose a highly significant yield increase could be observed in winter wheat: strains S631 and SpBr14 increased the average grain yield with 9.14% and 14.82% respectively. When the yield components were studied a coinciding increase in ear density could be demonstrated of resp. 10.57% and 13.55%. Less significant results were obtained with spring wheat although in one experiment strain SpBr14 significantly T2 - Plant and Soil ER -