Chickpea Inoculants
One of the most important independent studies* conducted on inoculant use in Western Canada concluded two things:
- The use of rhizobium inoculants significantly increases yields
- Chickpeas show no response to dual-action inoculants
These are things that farmers have been proving in their fields ever since Nodulator® for chickpea entered the market. It contains Bradyrhizobium sp. (Cicer), a crucial part of desi and kabuli chickpea production. The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada study on chickpea production took place over six site years. It showed an average increase in seed yield of 35 per cent for desi and 7 per cent for kabuli when using this rhizobium inoculant. And that's all you need. The same study showed no response to Penicillium bilaii, the ingredient contained in dual-action inoculants. In the final analysis, you the farmer best determine product performance. You're the one laying out hard-earned cash expecting that the product you purchased will deliver the returns you expect.
*Optimizing Inoculation and Fertilization for Chickpea and Lentil, Y.Gan, F. Selles, K.G. Hanson, B.G. McConkey, R.P. Zentner, and C.L. McDonald, Semiarid Prairie Agriculture Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, March 2003