ISSN:
1573-5036
Keywords:
Dry matter
;
Nitrogen percent
;
Nitrogen translocation
;
Rhizobium effectiveness prediction
;
Temperate legumes
;
Tropical legumes
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Summary Results of numerous tests of tropical and temperate legume hosts and Rhizobium strains accumulated between 1952 and 1966 were examined for a relation between N percent (y) and dry weight per plant (x). The data fitted the equation y=A−be−cx. The most effective Rhizobium strains can be selected on the basis of dry matter yields of whole plants or plant tops only, without the need for N analyses, using statistical analyses. A previously proposed method which employs the linear relation between N-yield and dry matter yield was shown to apply only when data for strains which are not fully effective are excluded. It is postulated that symbiotically fixed N forms a different compound from that resulting from applied mineral N and that this compound cannot be remobilised before flowering.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02211692
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