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The use of rooted leaves of Vigna unguiculata for evaluating the effectiveness of nodulation in single plants lines

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A method for producing nodulated, rooted leaves of Vigna unguiculata is described and attention drawn to the suitability of the method for evaluating the nodulation characteristics of a single plant line with several strains of Rhizobium spp. Coupled with the easily accomplished rooting of deleaved stem cuttings of this species, the nodulated rooted leaf provides a convenient tool for selection and multiplication of V. unguiculata lines effective in nodulation and nitrogen fixation.

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Wilson, L.A. The use of rooted leaves of Vigna unguiculata for evaluating the effectiveness of nodulation in single plants lines. Euphytica 23, 267–271 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00035867

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