F. Azam
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ABSTRACT
Nitrogen (N) is the key nutrient element, limiting crop production under most situations. A major reason for insufficient N supplies being its presence in soil in organic forms which must be mineralized before being used by the plants. However, leguminous plants are equipped with the facility to acquire a major portion of N directly from atmospheric N2 through bacterial fixation (reduction). The bacteria (Rhizobium spp) reside inside the special structures on plant roots i.e., nodules and reduce atmospheric N at the expense of C supplied by the plant. This paper presents an analysis of the nature of association between the legume and bacterium.
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F. Azam, 2001. Legume-bacterium (Rhizobium) Association-Symbiosis, A Marriage of Convenience, Necessary Evil
or Bacterium Taken Hostage by the Legume. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 4: 757-761.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.757.761
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.757.761
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2001.757.761
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2001.757.761
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