Studies with detached lupin root nodules in culture: I. Maintenance and induction of acetylene reduction activity.

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  • W D Sutton
  • N M Jepsen
چکیده

A method has been developed for culturing detached nitrogen-fixing root nodules of lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) on a simple nutrient medium. Under the best conditions devised, the acetylene reduction activity of mature detached nodules was maintained at 10 to 25 nmoles of ethylene hr(-1) mg(-1) fresh weight for 3 days. Under the same culture conditions, immature nodules increased their acetylene reduction activity from 0.01 nmole or less to about 1 nmole hr(-1) mg(-1) fresh weight.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 56 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1975