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When P32-orthophosphate was applied to leaves ofLotus pedunculatus radioactivity was detected in the root nodules. About 50 per cent of the radioactivity was in ATP, ADP and AMP. More than 90 per cent of the P32 compounds were localized in the soluble part of the plant tissue of the nodules. Rhizobial bacteroids contained only 1 per cent of P32 incorporated in the nodules.
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Moustafa, E., Boland, M. & Greenwood, R.M. Transport of phosphate from leaves to leguminous root nodules. Plant Soil 35, 651–653 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372695
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