Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Actinomycete-Nodulated Plants. Preface
Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Actinomycete-Nodulated Plants. Preface
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放线菌结瘤植物中的共生固氮。
DOI:
10.1086/337026
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发表时间:
1979
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通讯作者:
J. Tjepkema
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作者:
J. Torrey;J. Tjepkema
Recognition of the common interests of the group assembled evolved from recent strides made in three areas. Through the stimulus of the International Biological Program (IBP) over the past decade and under the leadership of Professor G. BOND of the University of Glasgow, Scotland, serious efforts had been made to establish a worldwide accounting of the diverse groups of plants which possess symbiotic nitrogen-fixing capacity due to actinomycete-infection of their root systems. In the IBP volume in 1976, edited by PS NUTMAN (Cambridge University Press), BOND'S tally showed that 160 species of-vvoody dicots, belonging to 15 genera among seven families, make up a surprisingly diverse group which shows few common features other than susceptibility to infection by actinomycetes. The significance of symbiotic nitrogen fixation bv this assemblage of plants came with the recognition that these organisms by and large were capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen at rates comparable to the legume-Rhisobium systems, measured on an individual fresh weight or dry weight basis using rate of l5N-fixation or acetylene-reduction measurements or calculated from field data on a kilogram per hectare basis. For north-and south-temperate regions of the world, the fixation is of large magnitude and needs to be fully understood and appreciated more widely.