Abstract
Summary Field investigations were undertaken during the winters of 1971–6 to study the grain yield responses of lentil cultivars to seed inoculation with single and mixtures of Rhizobium strains. An effective symbiosis and consequent increase in the grain yield was associated with the efficacy of the strain. Inoculation with a superior strain produced 23–32 % more grain than no inoculation on loamy-sand soil and 46–90% more on sandy-loam soil. In separate studies comprising inoculation and nitrogen treatments, the seed treated with an effective Rhizobium strain gave on average 43% more yield than no inoculation and the application of 25 kg N/ha alone gave the same yield as inoculation. Rhizobium inoculation plus 20 kg N/ha was the best combination for maximum yield under both loamy-sand and sandy-loam soils.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Effective Rhizobium symbiosis was associated with increased lentil grain yield and strain efficacy.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Outcome
- grain yielde0
- Direction
- increasee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“lentil to Rhizobium inoculation”
e0“An effective symbiosis and consequent increase in the grain yield was associated with the efficacy of the strain.”
Claim · model-written summary
A superior Rhizobium strain increased lentil grain yield by 23–32 % relative to no inoculation on loamy-sand soil.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- Inoculation with a superior straine0
- Outcome
- graine0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 23–32 %e0
- Comparator
- no inoculatione0
- Setting
- loamy-sand soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“lentil to Rhizobium inoculation”
e0“Inoculation with a superior strain produced 23–32 % more grain than no inoculation on loamy-sand soil”
Claim · model-written summary
A superior Rhizobium strain increased lentil grain yield by 46–90% relative to no inoculation on sandy-loam soil.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- Inoculation with a superior straine0
- Outcome
- graine0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 46–90%e0
- Comparator
- no inoculatione0
- Setting
- sandy-loam soile0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“lentil to Rhizobium inoculation”
e0“Inoculation with a superior strain produced 23–32 % more grain than no inoculation on loamy-sand soil and 46–90% more on sandy-loam soil.”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed treatment with an effective Rhizobium strain increased lentil yield by an average of 43% relative to no inoculation.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- seed treated with an effective Rhizobium straine0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- moree0
- Value
- 43%e0
- Comparator
- no inoculatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“lentil to Rhizobium inoculation”
e0“the seed treated with an effective Rhizobium strain gave on average 43% more yield than no inoculation”
Claim · model-written summary
Applying 25 kg N/ha alone gave the same lentil yield as inoculation.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- application of 25 kg N/ha alonee0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- samee0
- Comparator
- inoculatione0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“lentil to Rhizobium inoculation”
e0“the application of 25 kg N/ha alone gave the same yield as inoculation”
Claim · model-written summary
Rhizobium inoculation plus 20 kg N/ha produced maximum lentil yield on both soil types.
- Taxon
- lentil
Lens culinarist0 - Treatment
- Rhizobium inoculation plus 20 kg N/hae0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Direction
- maximume0
- Setting
- both loamy-sand and sandy-loam soilse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
t0“lentil to Rhizobium inoculation”
e0“Rhizobium inoculation plus 20 kg N/ha was the best combination for maximum yield under both loamy-sand and sandy-loam soils.”
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