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The infection of root hairs and nodulation ofT. subterraneum L. cv. Cranmore byRhizobium trifolii strain TA1 was extremely sensitive to root temperature. Within the range 11°–19°C infection was progressively delayed as root temperature decreased but at 7°C no root hairs were infected by 40 days. At 7°C lateral root formation was stimulated in the root zone where nodules formed at 19°C.
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Roughley, R.J., Dart, P.J. Root temperature and root-hair infection ofTrifolium subterraneum L. cv. Cranmore. Plant Soil 32, 518–520 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01372887
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