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Nitrogen Fixing Capacity of some Nigerian Legumes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

O. L. Oke
O. L. Oke
Affiliation:
Chemistry Department, University of Ife, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Summary

The fixation of nitrogen in root nodules of pigeon pea, Centrosema pubescens and Styloxanthes gracilis were studied, and the transfer of nitrogen to other parts of the plant. Fixation reached a maximum of 14·5, 10·3 and 4·6 mg. per day per plant respectively, and the rate of transfer of nitrogen from the nodules was at a high constant rate throughout the experimental period. With pigeon pea and Centrosema younger plants seem to be more efficient fixers of nitrogen than older on, but the reverse was true with Styloxanthes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1967 , pp. 315 - 321
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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