Promising developments for acid tolerant rhizobium inoculant for pulse crops

Gregor Heard
April 20 2018 - 9:00am
SARDI researcher Ross Ballard has made some promising advances in terms of rhizobia with the ability to facilitate pulse crop nodulation in acid soils.
SARDI researcher Ross Ballard has made some promising advances in terms of rhizobia with the ability to facilitate pulse crop nodulation in acid soils.

ONE OF the major constraints in successfully growing pulse crops on acid soils has been the lack of rhizobia with acid tolerance.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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