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The Root Nodulation of Tall and Dwarf Peas and Beans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. B. Masefield
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Science, University of Oxford

Summary

Observations on the relative degree of root nodulation were made for three successive years on tall and short cultivars of Pisum sativum and Phaseolus vulgaris sown at dates appropriate to each cultivar and grown under conditions of ordinary horticultural practice. In P. sativum, it was found that the shorter the cultivar, the greater were the number and weight of nodules per plant and the weight of nodules as a percentage of plant weight; dwarf cultivars also produced a greater weight of nodules per square metre of ground occupied and per square metre per day of crop growth. In Ph. vulgaris, differences in number and weight of nodules per plant between dwarf and climbing cultivars were not consistent between years. In a single comparison between Ph. uulgaris and Ph. multiflorus (scarlet runner beans), numbers and weights of nodules per plant were almost identical. Some agronomic implications of these findings are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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Masefield, G. B. (1968). Expl Agric. 4, 335.CrossRefGoogle Scholar