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The present contribution covers the cross-inoculation between two actinorhizae belonging to different genera and families, mainlyAlnus glutinosa andCoriaria myrtifolia. Frankia strains isolated fromA. glutinosa received from the Netherlands (LDAgp1r1, LDAgn1) and from Scotland (UGL010708), induced a fully effective nodulation onC. myrtifolia. The same effect was caused by a nodule extract fromA. glutinosa. The reverse, a crushed-nodule inoculum fromC. myrtifolia nodulated all theA. glutinosa seedlings, though nodules formed were less effective than those induced by the other inocula. Re-isolation of thoseFrankia strains from the nodules formed onA. glutinosa was readily obtained, whereas attempts to re-isolate them from the nodules formed onC. myrtifolia failed, suggesting that isolation procedures different to those employed should be tried.
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Rodriguez-Barrueco, C., Sevillano, F. & Nebreda, T.M. Effective nodulation ofCoriaria myrtifolia L. induced byFrankia strains fromAlnus glutinosa L. (Gaertn.). Plant Soil 110, 167–176 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02226796
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