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. 1992 Mar;58(3):1050–1053. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.3.1050-1053.1992

Genetic Analysis of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. Phaseoli Mutants Defective in Nodulation and Nodulation Suppression

Maria Luz C George 1,*, Françoise M Robert 1, Dulal Borthakur 1
PMCID: PMC195379  PMID: 16348664

Abstract

Nodulation-defective rhizobia and their nodule-forming derivatives containing cloned DNA from the wild type were used to study nodulation suppression in Phaseolus vulgaris L. Non-nitrogen-fixing derivatives which formed rhizobia-containing white nodules induced partial suppression. Comparison of this with the complete suppression by Fix+ derivatives and a Fix- mutant which formed rhizobia-containing pink nodules suggests that the extent of suppression may be related to successive stages of nodule development.

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