ORIGINAL RESEARCH
An Assessment of the Influence of Co-Inoculation
with Endophytic Bacteria and Rhizobia,
and the Influence of PRP SOL and PRP EBV
Fertilisers on the Microbial Parameters of Soil
and Nitrogenase Activity in Yellow Lupine
(Lupinus luteus L.) Cultivation
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Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Department of Agronomy, University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Submission date: 2017-09-15
Acceptance date: 2017-10-22
Online publication date: 2018-05-10
Publication date: 2018-07-09
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Alicja Niewiadomska
Poznan University of Life Science, Poland
Department of General and Environmental Microbiology, ul Szydłowska 50, 60-656 Poznan, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(6):2687-2702
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The aim of the study was to determine the influence of PRP SOL and PRP EBV fertilisers and
co-inoculation (simultaneous inoculation of plants with bacteria of the Rhizobium genus and endophytic
Bacillus subtilis bacteria) on nitrogenase activity, the dynamics of growth of selected soil microorganisms,
variation in soil biochemical properties, and soil fertility index in a yellow lupine plantation. There
were 12 variants of the field experiment: 1) the control variant of uninoculated yellow lupine, 2) seeds
inoculated with the Bacillus subtilis strain, 3) seeds inoculated with nitragin, 4) PRP SOL fertiliser, 5)
PRP EBV fertiliser, 6) PRP SOL + PRP EBV, 7) PRP SOL fertiliser + Bacillus subtilis inoculation, 8)
PRP SOL fertiliser + nitragin, 9) PRP SOL fertiliser + Bacillus subtilis + nitragin, 10) PRP EBV fertiliser
+ Bacillus subtilis, 11) PRP EBV fertiliser + Bacillus subtilis + nitragin, and 12) PRP SOL + PRP EBV
+ Bacillus subtilis + nitragin. Soil samples for microbiological and biochemical analyses were collected
at 3 terms: during the emergence of plants, at the beginning of their florescence, and after harvesting.
The count of selected groups of soil microorganisms (total bacterial count, moulds, Actinobacteria,
copiotrophic and oligotrophic microorganisms) was measured with the serial dilution method developed
by Koch. The analysis of soil enzymatic activity such as dehydrogenases and phosphatases in different
variants was based on the colorimetric method, and catalase activity was measured with the manometric
method. The two-year field experiment was conducted in 2014 and 2015. It showed that PRP SOL and PRP EBV fertilisers and co-inoculation applied to the yellow lupine plantation stimulated nitrogenase activity,
the dynamics of growth of selected groups of soil microorganisms, variation in biochemical activity, and
soil fertility index.