Rhizobial inoculation in black wattle plantation (Acacia mearnsii De Wild.) in production systems of southern Brazil

• Published in: Brazilian journal of microbiology Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 989 - 998
• Main Authors: Monteiro, Pedro Henrique Riboldi, Kaschuk, Glaciela, Winagraski, Etienne, Auer, Celso Garcia, Higa, Antônio Rioyei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acacia - growth & development; Acacia - microbiology; Acacia - physiology; Acacia mearnsii; Agricultural Inoculants - physiology; Agroforestry; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bradyrhizobium - physiology; Brazil; Cultivation; Environmental Microbiology - Review; Food Microbiology; Forestry; Inoculation; Legumes; Life Sciences; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Monoculture; Mycology; Nitrogen; Nitrogen Fixation; Nitrogenation; Nodules; Plantations; Seedlings; Soil investigations; Soil Microbiology; Symbiosis; Transplantation; Urea; Wattle; Brazil; Nutrient cycling; Black acacia; Biological nitrogen fixation; Agroforestry systems; Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Black wattle ( Acacia mearnsii De Wild.) is a tree legume native to southeast Australia, but present in all continents. Today it covers about 142,400 ha in Brazil, with plantations concentrated in the southern region of the country. Black wattle may form nodules and establish rhizobial symbiosis cap...