%A S P Wani
%A P V Rai
%I Association of Microbiologists of India
%V 20
%L icrisat4718
%J Indian Journal of Microbiology
%N 4
%P 319-320
%D 1980
%X Occurrence of non-symbiotic dinitrogen
fixers in phyllosphere has been reported
by Ruinen, 1956, Bond 1959, Meiklejohn,
1962, Vasantrajan and Bhat, 1968, Bhat
et al. 1971 and Sen 1975. Wani, et al
have reported the presence of Azotobacter
spp. in the phyllosphere of sorghum and
other crops. They also studied efficacy
fixing nitrogen in vitro. This report deals
with the effect of spraying of A. chroococcum
and A. vinelandii isolated from sorghum
%T Response of sorghum to foliar sprays and seed inoculation with Azotobacter