
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Robinson, AC 
T1  - Host selection for effective  Rhizobium trifolii by red clover and subterranean clover in the field
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1969
VL  - 20
IS  - 6
SP  - 1053
EP  - 1060
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9691053 
N2  - Cultures of root-nodule bacteria, from the nodules of red clover and subterranean clover growing closely together in the field, were tested for comparative symbiotic ability (effectiveness) with both red clover and subterranean clover. It was found that test plants of either host species nodulated faster and more effectively when inoculated with cultures isolated from the homologous host growing in the field than did test plants inoculated with cultures isolated from the heterologous host. Because the hosts had originally been nodulated in the presence of the same field populations of Rhizobium trifolii, it is concluded that the host legume exerts a selective effect in accepting infections from a mixed population. 
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