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SOME ASPECTS OF THE LEAF NODULE SYMBIOSIS IN ARDISIA CRISPA
Author(s) -
Hofstra Jurina J.,
KochBosma T.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1970.tb00166.x
Subject(s) - pigment , sugar , symbiosis , botany , photosynthesis , nitrogen fixation , nodule (geology) , biology , chemistry , ethanol , nitrogen , food science , biochemistry , bacteria , organic chemistry , paleontology , genetics
Summary Some data on the leaf nodule symbiosis of Ardisia crispa (Thunb.) A.DC. are given. The nodule containing margins of the leaves contain more nitrogen and less ethanol‐soluble sugar than the midrib sections. 14 CO 2 photosynthesis experiments show a higher activity in the ethanol‐soluble as well as in the insoluble fraction of the margin than in those of the midrib section; the activity of the ethanol‐soluble sugars was, however, lower in the margin than in the midrib section. The leaves contain a red pigment of anthocyanic nature. Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by the symbiont could not be detected.