Current Rhizobium Strain Recommendations
ICMP, Landcare Research, October 2011
The following is a list of 34 ICMP strains of Rhizobium, Mesorhizobium, and Bradyrhizobium rhizobial strains that are recommended for inoculating plants for effective nitrogen fixation. This list is based on previous recomendations published in 1980 and 1992. The ICMP numbers link through to our database with full information on each strain.
No guarantee can be made to the effectiveness of any strain, and it is recommended that a combination of strains be used to cover varieties requiring specific strains for effective nodulation.
| Legume (common name) | Legume (binomial) | ICMP number |
| White clover | Trifolium repens | 2668; 2666; 2163 |
| Red clover | Trifolium pratense | 2668; 2666; 2163 |
| Alsike clover | Trifolium hybridum | 2668; 2666; 2163 |
| Subterranean clover | Trifolium subterraneum | 5938 |
| Kura clover | Trifolium ambiguum | |
|
4071; 4072 | |
|
4074 | |
|
4073 | |
| Lucerne | Medicago sativa | 2751; 2752 |
|
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil |
Lotus pedunculatus | 5798; 5942 |
| Bird's-foot Trefoil | Lotus corniculatus | 9005; 3663 |
| Lotus Hybrid G4712 | Lotus pedunculatus tetraploid x Lotus corniculatus | 1326; 5798; 3663 |
| Soybean | Glycine max | 2860; 2862; 2863; 2864; 2882 |
| Pea | Pisum sativum | 5943 |
| Faba beans | Vicia faba | 5943 |
| Vetches | Vicia spp. | 5943 |
| Beans | Phaseolus spp. | 3305 |
| Crop lupins | Lupinus spp. | 4771; 3155; 8377 |
| Serradella | Ornithopus sativus | 4771; 3155; 8377 |
| Crown vetch | Coronilla varia | 5805; 5944 |
| Sainfoin | Onobrychis viciifolia | 3157 |
| Lupin species for high country vegetation | Lupinus polyphyllus | 5376 |
| Sky Lupine | Lupinus nanus | 5376 |
| Open lupine | Lupinus vallicola | 4683; 4771 |
| Tick-trefoil | Desmodium spp. | 1302 |
| Winged bean | Psophocarpus tetragonalobus | 8467 |
| Sulla | Hedysarum coronarium | 6932 |
| Chickpea | Cicer arietinum | 6937 |
| Cowpea | Vigna unguiculata | 8467 |