Seed bacterization and rhizosphere of wheat seedlings colonization by Bacillus Cohn

The dynamics of introduced antagonistic bacteria in the spring wheat rhizosphere was studied in small-plot field experiments during several growing seasons. The population density of introduced bacteria was found to considerably depend on the inoculum dose. At sufficiently high inoculum doses, the introduced bacteria remained in the wheat rhizosphere over the entire vegetative period (88-109 days). The maximum population density of introduced bacteria was observed in the early terms of plant development. No correlation was found between the population density of introduced bacteria and the degree of suppression of root rot or the structural crop yield parameters. The beneficial effect of preplanting seed bacterization on wheat plants was, as a rule, profound only during unfavorable growing seasons.