Do improved varieties still need good Rhizobium?
Most improved legume varieties are bred for superior performance for all important traits including an ability to serve as the best host for Rhizobium. Nitro-Coat®, by delivering high numbers of effective Rhizobium strains and other additives, simply facilitates and maximizes the inherent infection, nodulation, and nitrogen fixation potential of any improved variety. One would therefore need to ask themselves the practical question: Why would I pay proprietary prices for raw seed of an improved variety and then take the risk of inoculating the seed myself which may result in poor Rhizobium infection? Otherwise, one might as well buy and take that same risk with cheap commodity seed. The Nitro-Coat® process maximizes a variety's performance capability.