The Biological Characterization of Sesbaniarostrata Infection by Rhizobium Species

  • Jane E. Olsson
  • B. G. Rolfe
  • J. Shine
  • J. Plazinski
  • M. Nayudu
  • R. Ridge
  • P. Dart
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Part of the Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology book series (AABI, volume 4)

Abstract

Certain fast growing strains of Rhizobia, for example strain ORS-571 and strain WE7, are able to induce both stem and root nodules on the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata.

Interest in this species centres around its ability to produce spherical nodules which exhibit a very high acetylene reduction ability (Dreyfus and Dommergues 1981). Thus it is of value to study the biological characteristics of the S. rostrata-Rhizobium symbiosis as it represents a broadening of the infection and plant association characteristics of Rhizobium strains. Both the mode of infection and the location of nodule formation differs from the “normal” root hair entry process displayed by other “classical” Rhizobium species.

Keywords

Adventitious Root Rhizobium Strain Adventitious Root Formation Infection Thread Nodulation Mutant 
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References

  1. B.L. Dreyfus & Y.R. Dommerques (1981) FEMS Microbiol.Letters 10,313–17Google Scholar
  2. Nutmans’ hypotheses summarised in: The Biology of Nitrogen Fixation (1974) ed. A. Quispel. Nth. Holland Pub. Co. pp445–47Google Scholar

Copyright information

© Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague and Pudoc, Wageningen 1984

Authors and Affiliations

  • Jane E. Olsson
    • 1
  • B. G. Rolfe
    • 1
  • J. Shine
    • 1
  • J. Plazinski
    • 1
  • M. Nayudu
    • 1
  • R. Ridge
    • 1
  • P. Dart
    • 1
  1. 1.Genetics Department and Centre for Recombinant DNA ResearchAustralian National UniversityCanberraAustralia

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