Abstract
Soaking seeds of cucumber and pumpkin with an extract of Westiellopsis prolifica, an N2-fixing cyanobacterium, promoted germination and their subsequent growth and development. An extract of Lyngbya sp., a non-N2-fixing cyanobacterium, had no significant effect.
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The authors are with the Algal Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Berhampur University, Berhampur-760007, Orissa, India.
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Nanda, B., Tripathy, S.K. & Padhi, S. Effect of algalization on seed germination of vegetable crops. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 7, 622–623 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452845
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