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SITUMORANGAR F, MUBARIK NR, TRIADIATI T. <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:14.15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;">Land with low pH soil spread widely in Indonesia can be used for soybean (<em>Glycine max</em>) cultivation, although the production is low. The use of acid tolerant soybean and acid-Al tolerant nitrogen-fixing bacteria was an alternative way to increase soybean productivity on acid soils. This research was conducted to study the influence of acid-Al tolerant <em>Bradyrhizobium<span>  </span>japonicum </em><span> </span>on growth of Slamet cultivar soybean planted on acid soils in greenhouse. Three strains of acid-Al tolerant <em>B. japonicum</em>, i.e. BJ 11 (19), BJ 11 (5), and BJ 11 (wt), were used in this experiment. The result showed that inoculation of all acid-Al tolerant <em>B. japonicum</em> strains could increase plant height, shoot and root weight, number of flowers, pods, seeds, seeds dry weight, and shoot and seed nitrogen content.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoBodyText2" style="line-height:10.8pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:9pt;"> </span></strong></p> <strong><span style="font-size:9pt;"><span>                </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:9pt;">Key words: <em>Bradyhizobium japonicum, </em>acid-aluminium tolerant, soybean, Slamet cultivar</span&gt;. HAYATI J Biosci [Internet]. 1 [cited 2024May8];16(4):157. Available from: https://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/hayati/article/view/%20%20%20%3Cp%20class%3D%22MsoNormal%22%20style%3D%22text-align%3Ajustify%3Btext-indent%3A14.15pt%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cspan%20style%3D%22font-size%3A9pt%3B%22%3ELand%20with%20low%20pH%20soil%20spread%20widely%20in%20Indonesia%20can%20be%20used%20for%20soybean%20%28%3Cem%3EGlycine%20max%3C%2Fem%3E%29%20cultivation%2C%20although%20the%20production%20is%20low.%20The%20use%20of%20acid%20tolerant%20soybean%20and%20acid-Al%20tolerant%20nitrogen-fixing%20bacteria%20was%20an%20alternative%20way%20to%20increase%20soybean%20productivity%20on%20acid%20soils.%20This%20research%20was%20conducted%20to%20study%20the%20influence%20of%20acid-Al%20tolerant%20%3Cem%3EBradyrhizobium%3Cspan%3E%C2%A0%20%3C%2Fspan%3Ejaponicum%20%3C%2Fem%3E%3Cspan%3E%C2%A0%3C%2Fspan%3Eon%20growth%20of%20Slamet%20cultivar%20soybean%20planted%20on%20acid%20soils%20in%20greenhouse.%20Three%20strains%20of%20acid-Al%20tolerant%20%3Cem%3EB.%20japonicum%3C%2Fem%3E%2C%20i.e.%20BJ%2011%20%2819%29%2C%20BJ%2011%20%285%29%2C%20and%20BJ%2011%20%28wt%29%2C%20were%20used%20in%20this%20experiment.%20The%20result%20showed%20that%20inoculation%20of%20all%20acid-Al%20tolerant%20%3Cem%3EB.%20japonicum%3C%2Fem%3E%20strains%20could%20increase%20plant%20height%2C%20shoot%20and%20root%20weight%2C%20number%20of%20flowers%2C%20pods%2C%20seeds%2C%20seeds%20dry%20weight%2C%20and%20shoot%20and%20seed%20nitrogen%20content.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%20%3Cp%20class%3D%22MsoBodyText2%22%20style%3D%22line-height%3A10.8pt%3B%22%3E%3Cstrong%3E%3Cspan%20style%3D%22font-size%3A9pt%3B%22%3E%C2%A0%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%20%3Cstrong%3E%3Cspan%20style%3D%22font-size%3A9pt%3B%22%3E%3Cspan%3E%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%20%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E%3Cspan%20style%3D%22font-size%3A9pt%3B%22%3EKey%20words%3A%20%3Cem%3EBradyhizobium%20japonicum%2C%20%3C%2Fem%3Eacid-aluminium%20tolerant%2C%20soybean%2C%20Slamet%20cultivar%3C%2Fspan%3E