Rhizobium strain identification and quantification in commercial inoculants by immunoblot analysis.
An immunoblot procedure for the strain-specific quantitative analysis of commercial Rhizobium inoculants was developed. The technique greatly reduced the time required for inoculant analysis. Correlation between immunoblot analysis and traditional plant nodule grow-out most-probable-number techniques was r = 0.90 for 16 commercial alfalfa inoculants tested.
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Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada T0H 0C0.
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