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Symbiotic effectiveness of streptomycin-resistant Rhizobium spp. mutants of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

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Antibiotic-resistant Rhizobium spp. strains have been used in ecological studies of legumerhizobia symbiosis. It has been suggested that in the course of acquiring resistance against high doses of antibiotics, rhizobia might lose their symbiotic effectiveness. Evidence both for and against this argument has been presented (Kremer and Peterson 1982; Materon and Hagedron 1983). This communication reports our experience with streptomycin-resistant (Str+) mutants of chickpea Rhizobium spp. strains. Parent strains were used as controls.

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  1. R. Chandra

    Present address: G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Research Station, Nagina, 246762, Bijnor, India

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  1. Department of Soil Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263145, Nainital, India

    R. Chandra & R. P. Pareek

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Research paper No. 5233 from the Experiment Station, G.B.P.U.A.&T. Pantnagar, Nainital

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Chandra, R., Pareek, R.P. Symbiotic effectiveness of streptomycin-resistant Rhizobium spp. mutants of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Biol Fert Soils 6, 354–355 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00261027

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