| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71652-2_6 |
|---|
| Author | Search for: Hobbs, S. L. A.1; Search for: DeLong, C. M. O.1; Search for: Denes, S.; Search for: Iyer, V. N. |
|---|
| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute
|
|---|
| Format | Text, Book Chapter |
|---|
| Subject | soil extract; acetylene reduction; rhizobium strain; nodulation specificity; indigenous bacterium |
|---|
| Abstract | The improvement of nitrogen fixation through the genetic engineering or selection of the bacterial component of the 1egume-Rhizobium symbiosis is possible (Hardy 1985; Stacey and Upchurch 1984). However, the use of such improved bacteria in the field may not result in improved fixation if competition from indigenous, unimproved bacteria reduces the infection of the host by the inoculum. Studies on field-grown soybeans, for example, indicated that the inoculum accounted for only 0–20% of the nodules formed and that the most competitive inoculum strains in one soil may be the least effective in another (Ham et al 1976). |
|---|
| Publication date | 1986 |
|---|
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|
| Place | Berlin, Heidelberg |
|---|
| In | |
|---|
| Language | English |
|---|
| Peer reviewed | Yes |
|---|
| NRC number | NRCC 25114 |
|---|
| Export citation | Export as RIS |
|---|
| Report a correction | Report a correction (opens in a new tab) |
|---|
| Record identifier | 7a1c4125-9ff9-4cdf-9cd2-395208562cb8 |
|---|
| Record created | 2023-07-27 |
|---|
| Record modified | 2023-07-27 |
|---|
