Plant and Soil

, Volume 60, Issue 1, pp 139–142 | Cite as

Cross-inoculation specificity ofPsophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC

  • D. F. Hildebrand
  • D. G. Blevins
  • T. Hymowitz
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Summary

Only legumes of the cowpea cross-inoculation group, including the winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) were found to form nodules in a temperate zone soil with no previous history of legume cropping. Isolates from root nodules from uninoculated winged beans grown in the field only nodulated legumes in the cowpea cross-inoculation group.Rhizobium japonicum formed ineffective nodules with the winged bean.

Key Words

Legumes Nitrogen fixation Nodulation Winged beans 

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© Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers 1981

Authors and Affiliations

  • D. F. Hildebrand
    • 1
  • D. G. Blevins
    • 2
  • T. Hymowitz
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of AgronomyUniversity of IllinoisUrbanaUSA
  2. 2.Department of AgronomyUniversity of MissouriColumbiaUSA

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