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Evolution, structure and function of nitrogen-fixing root nodules: Confessions of ignorance

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Nitrogen Fixation

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In being provocative as requested, I have selected a few aspects from recent developments in nodule science and extended the current state-of-play into some speculations which I hope may be used as testable hypotheses — to be upheld, demolished or modified by the 9th Conference in this series.

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Sprent, J.I. (1990). Evolution, structure and function of nitrogen-fixing root nodules: Confessions of ignorance. In: Gresshoff, P.M., Roth, L.E., Stacey, G., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6432-0_5

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