Determination of rhizobial potential of peanut cultivated area in Cukurova region

The rhizobial potential situation in the term of flowering at the peanut growth for the main and 2nd crop growth season is researched at Yüreğir, Ceyhan, Yumurtalık, Osmaniye ? center ve Tuzla (Karataş) placed in Cukurova Region in 2006. For this purpose the numbers of nodules, the nitrogen values in the root and nodule at the samples collected from this region. The research results demonstrate that data obtained from Osmaniye ? center Region is considerably higher than the other regions for the main crop. In Yuregir and Ceyhan, the results are lower than the others. For the 2nd crop the results taken from Tuzla (Karataş) and Osmaniye ? center are higher than the other regions. No nodüle is determined in the samples taken from Ceyhan region. Key Words: Peanut, Rhizobium, Nodule