Biochemical and Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Agriculturally Useful Association of a Nitrogen-Fixing Cyanobacterium and Nodule Sinorhizobium with Medicago sativa L.

Table 3

Productivity and protein content in leaves of alfalfa, inoculated by mono- and binary suspensions of microorganisms.

Inoculants	Harvest of green mass of plant,; g/vessel				Protein content in the leaves
	I mowing	II mowing	Total; harvest	% to monoinoculation; by rhizobium		% to monoinoculation by rhizobium
Control	17,68 ± 0,51	19,70 ± 0,64	37,38		13,2
N. PTV	21,40 ± 0,52	24,22 ± 0,76	45,62		14,6
S. meliloti Т17	21,81 ± 0,48	25,17 ± 0,30	46,98		18,32
S. meliloti Т17 + N. PTV	26,26 ± 0,37	29,15 ± 0,17	55,41	117,9	20,52	112,0