New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts

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Rhizobium strain x host genotype interactions for white clover (Trifolium repens L.) genotypes with different aluminium tolerances

J. R. CRUSH

AgResearch
Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre
Private Bag 3123
Hamilton, New Zealand

Abstract  Growth of two aluminium (Al)-tolerant white clover (Trifolium repens L.) genotypes and two Al-susceptible genotypes, inoculated with four different Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strains, was compared in sterile sand culture. There were no host genotype x Rhizobium strain interactions, probably because of the narrow genetic origin of the plants tested. It is concluded that as long as the programme to breed a synthetic Al-tolerant clover cultivar is restricted to a narrow genetic base, then co-selection of plant and microbial symbiont is unnecessary.

Keywords  Rhizobium; nitrogen; nodulation; Trifolium repens; white clover

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 1995, Vol. 38: 163-167

0028-8233/95/3802-0163 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995

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