Bill Moyer - 12/12/2009 22:07 Problem I see with that is wheat is not a host crop, therefore no multiplication of the bacterium. Without a host they bacterium dies over a period of time, such as during the winter even when soybeans (host crop) have been raised. Most of the benefit of the inoculation of the wheat would be gone before you ever raised the soybeans. If you have been away from soybeans for a number of years you would be better off doubling up the inoculation of next years soybean crop. -- While the Rhizobia don't form nodules on the roots of non-legumes, they do live externally on the root surface, and in large numbers. They are included in the class called PGPR bacteria -- Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria. | 
Effect of pH on rhizobia populations
