The effects of slow - release fertilizers on the amount phosphate - solving bacteria and the difference of the phosphate bacteria" ability of solving phosphate of flue - cured tobacco at its fast - growth stage were researched. The results showed the number of phosphate - solving bacteria and its ability of resolving phosphate were increased by applying slow - release fertilizer. The total number of phosphate bacteria was 7.6 × 10^6 in every gram dry soil with application slow - release fertilizer, but only 2.3 ×10^5 by using common fertiliz...