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Specificity among the Casuarinaceae in root nodulation byFrankia

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Pure cultured isolates ofFrankia made from root nodules of plant species from among three genera of the host family Casuarinaceae were used in inoculation trials of seedlings grown in water culture. A large number of host species among the genera Allocasuarina, Casuarina and Gymnostoma from Australia, Papua New Guinea and other South Pacific Islands were tested. The most widely infectiveFrankia strains were CcI3 and AllI1; theFrankia strains with the narrowest host range within the Casuarinaceae were CcI2 and GpI1. Intrafamily cross-inoculations were uncommon. The most broadly receptive host species wasG. papuanum. For many species ofAllocasuarina tested, no infection by anyFrankia available for testing could be observed.

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Torrey, J.G., Racette, S. Specificity among the Casuarinaceae in root nodulation byFrankia . Plant Soil 118, 157–164 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232802

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