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15N-determined dinitrogen fixation capacity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) cultivars under water stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. Z. Castellanos ,
J. J. Peña-Cabriales  and
J. A. Acosta-Gallegos
J. Z. Castellanos
Affiliation:
Campo Experimental Bajio-INIFAP, Apartado Postal 112, CP 38000, Celaya, Gto., México
J. J. Peña-Cabriales
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones γ Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato, Gto., México
J. A. Acosta-Gallegos
Affiliation:
Campo Experimental Bajio-INIFAP, Apartado Postal 112, CP 38000, Celaya, Gto., México
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Summary

The effect of water stress on nitrogen fixation in seven common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes was investigated in Celaya, Gto., Mexico, in 1991. Beans were grown under four moisture regimes: (1) well-irrigated, control, (2) with water stress during the vegetative stage, (3) with water stress during the reproductive stage and (4) with water stress during the whole growing cycle. Biological nitrogen fixation was measured by 15N-isotope dilution using sorghum as a reference crop. Nodulation and N2-fixation data showed genotypic differences in response to water stress. Under non-stressed conditions, cv. Bayocel fixed the most nitrogen (85 kg/ha) and cultivar Flor de Mayo Baji'o the least (33 kg/ha). Under water stress at the reproductive stage, these cultivars fixed 9 and 6 kg N/ha, respectively. Water stress during the reproductive stage reduced nodulation by an average of 43% with no recovery after rewatering. Water stress during the reproductive stage had a greater effect on N2-fixation than on grain yield; in comparison to the control, N2-fixation was reduced to one sixth while grain yield was only reduced by 50%.

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Crops and Soils
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 126 , Issue 3 , May 1996 , pp. 327 - 333
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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