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Bacteria aids dryland salinity fight
1 Jul 2004
CSIRO Plant Industry has developed a granular inoculant that helps wattles establish up to five times faster than normal. Wattle Grow™ Granular Inoculant has the potential to dramatically increase the success of revegetation projects to help address dryland salinity, which costs Australia $270 million every year.
Wattle Grow harnesses the naturally occurring nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria, Bradyrhizobium, so that wattles and adjacent vegetation grow more quickly. Bradyrhizobium is frequently absent in farmland; it helps the wattle fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil, fertilising it and nearby plants.
Wattle Grow was commercialised by Bio-Care Technology Pty Ltd and is available through leading rural merchants. It can be mixed into potting media or applied into the sowing furrow with wattle seeds in direct seeding.
CSIRO Media Release, 29/6/04.
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