ISSN:
1573-5060
Keywords:
Vicia faba
;
field bean
;
Rhizobium leguminosarum
;
symbiotic variation
;
genetic variation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Twenty isolates taken at random from indigenous populations of Rhizobium leguminosarum sampled near Aberystwyth were each inoculated into plants of a standard Vicia faba variety grown aseptically under conditions free of combined nitrogen. Plants in association with the individual rhizobium isolates exhibited large differences in dry matter yield, nitrogen content, efficiency of nitrogen utilization and date of first flower. The implications of these differences to the productivity and reliability of varieties of field beans are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00032080
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