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Effect of root zone temperature on early growth, nodulation and nitrogen fixation in soya beans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. J. Matthews  and
P. Hayes
D. J. Matthews
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Botany, The Queen's University of Belfast
P. Hayes
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Botany, The Queen's University of Belfast
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Summary

Soya-bean plants were grown for 40 days in a range of root temperatures from 10 to 25°C either in a root medium containing N but uninoculated or in a N-free medium but inoculated with Rhizobium japonicum. Low root temperature restricted growth in both cases but the plants depending solely on symbiotic N-fixation were much more affected. At 10 CC root temperature plants failed to nodulate but both nodulation and nitrogen fixation increased greatly in the range 15–25°C. It is concluded that soya beans sown in cool soils would benefit from applied nitrogen at sowing time.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 1982 , pp. 371 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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