The brown soil in parts of the region is particularly suitable for the cultivation of such " unalu " ( early summer ) crops as wheat, gram ( " Cicer arietinum " ) and til ( " Sesamum indicum " ).
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""'Mesorhizobium mediterraneum " "'is a bacterium from the genus Mesorhizobium which was isolated from root nodule from Chickpea ( Cicer arietinum ) in Spain . " Rhizobium mediterraneum " was transferred to " Mesorhizobium mediterraneum ".
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"' C . D . V . agar "'is a nutrient medium prepared using Cicer arietinum ( Bengal gram ), Daucus carota ( carrot ) and Vigna radiata ( green gram ) by Mr . Vinay J . Rao and Mr . Keshava Murthy P . at Surana College, Bangalore, India under the guidance of their botany lecturers, Prof . B . R Chandrashekarappa ( H . O . D .-Dept . Of Botany ), Mrs . Sharada H . C ., and with the aid of their classmates from Vijaya College, Bangalore.
