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Effects of three solution aluminium concentrations (0, 25, and 100μM) on nitrogen fixation by well-nodulated plants ofStylosanthes hamata, Stylosanthes humilis andStylosanthes scabra are reported. Plants were inoculated with Rhizobium CB756 and grown for 21 days in an aluminium-free nutrient solution at pH 5.3 before imposition of the aluminium treatments.
Nitrogen fixation was measured both by the increase in total nitrogen content of the plants and acetylene reduction in roots of plants harvested at 10 and 20 days after imposition of the aluminium treatments. Solution aluminium concentrations as high as 100μM, had no detrimental effect on nitrogen fixation in any species.
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De Carvalho, M.M., Asher, C.J., Edwards, D.G. et al. Lack of effect of toxic aluminium concentrations on nitrogen fixation by nodulatedStylosanthes species. Plant Soil 66, 225–231 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02183981
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