Nitrogen Fixing Organisms: Pure and Applied AspectsThis book is concerned essentially with how nitrogen-fixing organisms function and why they are of practical importance. Special chapters deal with nitrogen fixation in agriculture, in forestry, and in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. In an appendix an outline of the main methods used for measuring nitrogen fixation, and some of the problems that must be faced is given |
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... coralloid ' ) by cyanobacteria is common in the field . Coralloid roots are termed nodules by some workers . Like the endosymbionts of bryophytes , those of cycads can be cultured . Most reports indicate , on the basis of spherical ...
... coralloid ' ) by cyanobacteria is common in the field . Coralloid roots are termed nodules by some workers . Like the endosymbionts of bryophytes , those of cycads can be cultured . Most reports indicate , on the basis of spherical ...
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... Coralloid roots on cycads . A. Young plant of Macrozamia reidlii . Photograph courtesy J.S. Pate . B. Enlarged coralloid root from A. C. Transverse section through coralloid root of Cycas revoluta ; the dark band is the area housing ...
... Coralloid roots on cycads . A. Young plant of Macrozamia reidlii . Photograph courtesy J.S. Pate . B. Enlarged coralloid root from A. C. Transverse section through coralloid root of Cycas revoluta ; the dark band is the area housing ...
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... root nodules . J. Exp . Bot . , 27 , 1-9 Parniscke , M. , Pausch , G. and Werner , D. ( 1988 ) Changes in flavonoid pattern of ... coralloid roots of cycad - Nostoc symbioses . Planta , 176 , 461–71 Patriquin , D. and Knowles , R. ( 1972 ) ...
... root nodules . J. Exp . Bot . , 27 , 1-9 Parniscke , M. , Pausch , G. and Werner , D. ( 1988 ) Changes in flavonoid pattern of ... coralloid roots of cycad - Nostoc symbioses . Planta , 176 , 461–71 Patriquin , D. and Knowles , R. ( 1972 ) ...
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