Pre-Inoculated Pulse Seeds Maximize Yields

Mar 11, 2016

Producers who are looking at putting in more pulse acres this year will want to make sure they have the right inoculants for the job.

Pre-inoculated seed results in formation of a greater number of root nodules.

Allison Friesen is a Technical Service Specialist with BASF for Southern Saskatchewan.

She says the difference in the inoculums is really important as there are different species for different crops and that inoculums helps.

"It helps gets your plant off to a better start, even out your plant stand and make sure you get good flowering potential," she said. "But also in the end, it really does maximuze yields and we want to be refreshing rhizobium in the soil because some of the species that are native or maybe left-over from years before just don't fix as effectively as when we use a fresh inoculant.

Source : Discoverestevan

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