Nitrogen fixation associated with grasses in Oregon.
Nitrogen fixation associated with grasses in Oregon.
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与俄勒冈州草相关的固氮作用。
DOI:
10.1139/m76-078
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发表时间:
1976
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
R. Seidler
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文献类型:
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作者:
A. D. Nelson;L. E. Barber;J. Tjepkema;S. Russell;R. Powelson;H. Evans;R. Seidler
Nitrogen fixation associated with both natural grasslands and grain crops of Oregon was studied using the acetylene-reduction assay. A number of the grasses collected has some acetylene-reducing activity. Agrostis tenuis Sibth. had substantially greater activity than any of the other species, with a mean rate estimated at 37 g N2 fixed per hectare per day. Assuming 100 days of activity, about 3 kg of N2 would be fixed per hectare per year. This quantity of nitrogen may be important in the maintenance of this species under natural conditions. Nitrogen-fixing microorganisms were isolated from the root surfaces of some of the grasses. Cultures of Bacillus macerans, Bacillus polymyxa, and Enterobacter cloacoa were isolated from wheat roots as were two cultures which have not been assigned a specific taxonomic classification. Strains of N2-fixing Bacillus species and Gram-negative aerobic bacteria were isolated from Festuca and Agrostis.