Abstract
The failure of pea (Pisum sativum) to grow in ‘goradu’ soil of Central Gujarat without artificial inoculation of the seed with the specific root nodule bacteria has been investigated. The study of a large number of soil fungi isolated from ‘goradu’ soils failed to show that they had any selective antibiotic activity against the pea rhizobia. It has been explained that the high sand content of this soil and the lower thermal death point of the pea rhizobia are the probable causes for the failure. The high sand content does not give any protection to the pea rhizobia against the high temperatures of the summer months with the result that their number gets so reduced and are not able to nodulate plants sufficiently.
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