Growing Soybeans Issue 19 / Fall 2018

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Preferred pH level for Rhizobia is between 6 and 8 to allow for healthy nodulation.

Optimum soil temperature for Nitrogen fixation is between 15ºC and 25ºC.

Before flowering, there should be 8 to 20 large and active nodules per plant.

NODULE STATE

NOW YOU KNOW Issue 19 | 2018

immature nodule white in colour

healthy nodule pink/red in colour

unhealthy nodule

green/brown in colour

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