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Pea plants nodulated with a Hup+ strain ofR. leguminosarum produced a significantly lower amount of the root nodule dry mass in comparison with plants nodulated with a Hup- strain but the Nt content in this biomass was remarkably high (up to 9 %). No difference was found in the root, shoot and total plant biomass as well as in the nitrogen yield by the host plants between the two symbioses. The adoption of the potential value of dinitrogen fixation derived from acetylene reduction and dihydrogen production by the nodules resulted in a significant underestimation of the actual nitrogen yield by the Hup--nodulated plants.
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Škrdleta, V., Lisá, L. & Němcová, M. Comparison of peas nodulated with a hydrogen-uptake positive or negative Strain ofRhizobium leguminosarum . Folia Microbiol 32, 234–238 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02881105
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