Andjelković, SnežanaBabić, SnežanaMilenković, JasminaStepić, MarijaMarković, JordanBekčić, FilipMitra, D.2024-11-262024-11-262022-10-06978-99976-987-3-5https://rifoc.ikbks.com/handle/123456789/136Birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) is a widespread plant species, which is important in providing sufficient quantities of quality fodder on soils of low production potential. Like many other forage legumes, this plant species has a well developed symbiosis with rhizobia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pre-sowing inoculation on height and green mass of birdsfoot trefoil. The experiment was a two-factorial design, where the growth of plants influenced by three variants of microbial inoculation (individual cultures of Rhizobium loti, azotobacter (Azotobacter chroococcum) and actinomycetes (Streptomyces spp.)) was compared with the growth of noninoculated controls for three cultivars (K-37, Rocco and Bokor). For this study, plants were sown on acid soil with pH 4.91. Measurements were performed three times during two years of research: one cut in the first year and two cuts in the second year. For tested parameters, interaction between cultivar and inoculation resulted in a different effect compared to the control. Highest plant height was achieved in cv. Rocco: in the first year using actinomycetes and in two cuts of the second year using azotobacter. In this study minimum height was recorded in cv. Bokor. By using actinomycetes, the highest value for green mass was achieved in cv. K-37 in the first year and in the first cut of the second year. In this cultivar, using azotobacter the highest green mass in the second cut of the second year was achieved.enCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/conferenceObject