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The inheritance of preference for strains of Rhizobium trifolii by white clover ( Trifolium repents )
Author(s) -
HARDARSON G.,
JONES D. GARETH
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1979.tb03881.x
Subject(s) - biology , rhizobium , preference , white (mutation) , dominance (genetics) , botany , nitrogen fixation , horticulture , genetics , inoculation , bacteria , gene , economics , microeconomics
SUMMARY The preference or selection of Rhizobium strains by both parental and F 1 white clover plants was studied using antibiotic resistant mutants of Rhizobium trifolii. Highly significant differences were found between crosses in their preference for 75 str. Progenies from crosses between plants in which the preference for 75 str was 90–100% had 85% of the nodules inhabited by that strain. Progenies of crosses between plants in which the preference for 75 str was less than 50% had only 13% of their nodules inhabited by 75 str. Intermediate values were found for progenies from other crosses. The inheritance for this particular character was clearly additive and without any dominance or maternal effect. The results are discussed from the point of view of improving symbiotic nitrogen fixation by breeding white clover for uniform preference for effective strains of R. trifolii.