TABLE 3.

Diversity of nod types among R. leguminosarum bv. viciae isolates from nodules of fava bean, pea, and vetch plants cultivated in soils of various origins

Host plant of origin	Soil	% of isolates in nod type:								No. of isolates
		a	c	d	g	g"	h	l	Othersb
Fava bean	Variousa	6	11		77			2	4	53
Fava bean	TTF4C				96			2	1	84
Fava bean	TTF4A				96			4		83
Fava bean	M62				100					90
Pea	TTF4C			4	69	7	12	4	2	88
Pea	TTF4A			18	64	1	4	6	2	89
Pea	M62	8		63	29					90
Vetch	M62	6		5	78		9	1	2	89

^aCollection of isolates from plants grown under field conditions at various geographical sites.

^bThe results were pooled for four nod types represented by fewer than five isolates within each population.