ISSN:
1573-5036
Keywords:
cross-inoculation
;
dual occupancy
;
modified Bradyrhizobium
;
nodulation
;
Parasponia
;
Rhizobium
;
rhizosphere
;
specificity
;
Trifolium repens
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Abstract Thirty one strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii isolated from the North and South American continents, New Guinea, USSR, Turkey and Australia, nodulated P. andersonii ineffectively when grown in plant growth tubes and in Leonard jars. Nodules were slow to form, sometimes taking over 100 days. Reisolates of R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii from P. andersonii nodulated Trifolium repens and their identity was confirmed using serological techniques. Dual occupation of nodules by Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium in P. andersonii is reported. The reduced effectiveness of the Bradyrhizobium symbiosis depended on the relative numbers of Rhizobium occupants in this dual system. R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii and Bradyrhizobium strains from Parasponia were able to co-exist in nodules on P. andersonii and maintain similar populations in the rhizosphere and on culture media. Bradyrhizobium strains, separated from R. leguminosarum biovar trifolii, were able to initiate and form nodule-like structures on T. repens. Bradyrhizobium bacteria were identified as the sole occupants of the cells of the nodule-like structures on Trifolium repens using an immunogold labelling technique applied to ultrathin sectins. The re-isolates of Bradyrhizobium obtained from these nodule-like structures on T. repens were able to effectively nodulate P. andersonii.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00010743
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