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Nodulation dynamics and nodule activity in leguminous tree species of a Mexican tropical dry forest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2008

Teresa González-Ruiz ,
Víctor J. Jaramillo ,
Juan José Peña Cabriales  and
Arturo Flores
Teresa González-Ruiz*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botánica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Santo Tomás, México, D.F., C.P. 11340, México
Víctor J. Jaramillo*
Affiliation:
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 27-3 Sta. María de Guido, Morelia, Mich., C.P. 58090, México
Juan José Peña Cabriales
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Microbiología Ambiental, Departamento de Biotecnología y Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados, Campus Guanajuato, km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Gto., México
Arturo Flores
Affiliation:
Departamento de Botánica, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prolongación de Carpio y Plan de Ayala, Col. Santo Tomás, México, D.F., C.P. 11340, México
*
*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Biological N fixation by symbiotic micro-organisms plays a key role in making atmospheric N largely available to other organisms and nodule formation by rhizobia in roots of many legume species represents a very important pathway (Postgate 1998). Estimates of the contribution of symbiotic fixation to total N content in soils range from 44 to 200 Tg y−1 (Bøckman 1997).

Keywords

acetylene reduction activityAlbiziaChloroleuconErythrinaFabaceaeLeguminosaeLonchocarpusLysilomanitrogennodulesPiptadeniaPithecellobiumPterocarpus
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 107 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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