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The role of photoperiod and temperature in determining the efficiency of legume—Rhizobium symbiosis in cluster clover (Trifolium glomeratum)

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A study was made on the influence of combinations of photoperiods and environmental temperatures upon symbiosis betweenTrifolium glomeratum (cluster clover) andRhizobium trifolii in environment controlled growth cabinets. Experiments were done by growing plants in unsterilized soil and also in agar slopes under bacteriologically controlled conditions. Initial nodalation was delayed as the day length was increased. Photoperiods influenced not only the development of plants but also the formation, size and number of nodules on the root system.

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  1. Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

    N. S. Subba Rao

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Communicated by Professor T. S. Sadasivan,f.a.sc.

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Rao, N.S.S. The role of photoperiod and temperature in determining the efficiency of legume—Rhizobium symbiosis in cluster clover (Trifolium glomeratum). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 74, 106–111 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050388

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