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Nitrogenase activity in the rhizosphere of sugar cane and some other tropical grasses

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Roots of sugar cane had considerable nitrogenase activity and produced up to 5 n moles ethylene/h/g root by the reduction of acetylene. The rhizosphere soil and soil mid-way between the cane rows also reduced acetylene.Beijerinckia indica was abundant on roots and in the soil. Nitrogenase activity was also associated with roots ofPanicum maximum,Pennisetum purpureum andCymbopogon citratus.

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  1. I.P.E.A.C.S., Campo Grande, ZC-26, Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Johanna Döbereiner

  2. Soil Microbiology Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts, England

    J. M. Day & P. J. Dart

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Döbereiner, J., Day, J.M. & Dart, P.J. Nitrogenase activity in the rhizosphere of sugar cane and some other tropical grasses. Plant Soil 37, 191–196 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01578494

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