Effect of the herbicide trifluralin on nitrogen – fixation in rhizobium and azotobacter and on nitrification

Abstract: Nodulation and growth of cowpea were inhibited upon the application of the trifluralin on the day of planting and were stimulated when the herbicide was applied 27 days before planting . Azotobacter was not affected by the trifluralin . Nitrifiers were very sensitive to the herbicide . Disappearance of trifluralin from the soil was rapid when the concentration of the herbicide was low . One litre / feddan (hectare = 2.38 feddan ) almost disappeared within 27 days . After 27 days, 16 and 27 % of trifluralin remained from 3 and 6 litres / feddan , respectively .

Publication year 1970
Pages 53-58
Availability location المعمل المركزى لبحوث الحشائش-9شارع الجامعةبالجيزة.
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Organization Name
serial title ACTA Microbiologica polonica Ser. B. 1969
Author(s) from ARC
External authors (outside ARC)
    Yousef A . Hamdi Department of Bacteriology
Agris Categories Weeds and weed control
AGROVOC
TERMS
Cowpeas. Weed control.
Proposed Agrovoc rhizobium spp;azotobacter spp;Nitrogen-fixation;Trifluralin herbicide;
Publication Type Journal