Abstract
Certain fast growing strains of Rhizobia, for example strain ORS-571 and strain WE7, are able to induce both stem and root nodules on the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata.
Interest in this species centres around its ability to produce spherical nodules which exhibit a very high acetylene reduction ability (Dreyfus and Dommergues 1981). Thus it is of value to study the biological characteristics of the S. rostrata-Rhizobium symbiosis as it represents a broadening of the infection and plant association characteristics of Rhizobium strains. Both the mode of infection and the location of nodule formation differs from the “normal” root hair entry process displayed by other “classical” Rhizobium species.
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B.L. Dreyfus & Y.R. Dommerques (1981) FEMS Microbiol.Letters 10,313–17
Nutmans’ hypotheses summarised in: The Biology of Nitrogen Fixation (1974) ed. A. Quispel. Nth. Holland Pub. Co. pp445–47
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Olsson, J.E. et al. (1984). The Biological Characterization of Sesbania rostrata Infection by Rhizobium Species. In: Veeger, C., Newton, W.E. (eds) Advances in Nitrogen Fixation Research. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6923-0_362
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