The Bean Bag

Number 42
November 1995

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Nodulation and Nitrogen Fixation (new nodulation records)


Legume Nodulation Reports not in Allen and Allen (1981)
              Taxon                       Status 1  Nodule 2  Source 3
                                                                                                                                               Shape                   
Astragalus chlorostachys Lindley             +                   1          
Astragalus leucocephalus Grah. ex                    
  Benth.                                     +                   1          
Astragalus subumbellatus Klotzsch                                                                                                +                               1          
Campylotropis meebildii (Schindler) 
  Schindler                                  +                   1          
Indigofera heterantha Wall. ex Brandis 
  var. gerardiana (Wall. ex Baker) Ali       +                   1          
Lespedeza floribunda Bunge                   +                   1          
Lespedeza juncea (L.f.) Pers. var. 
  variegata (Camb.) Ali                      +                   1          
  1. Status: +, root nodules reported as present; -, root nodules reported as absent.
  2. Nodule shape: Ae, aeschynomenoid; As, astragaloid (now referred to as caesalpinoid by Corby); Cr, crotalaroid; CrB, branched crotalaroid; CrS, simple crotalaroid; De, desmodioid; Gl, globose; Lu, lupinoid; Mu, mucunoid.
  3. Source:
    1. Nasim, M., and S.D. Ahmed. 1993. A qualitative study of nodulating ability of legumes of Azad Kashmir. (List-2). Sarhad J. Agri. 9(5): 429-433.

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