Respiration and nitrogen fixation in nodulated roots of soya bean and pea |
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Authors: | R O D Dixon Y M Berlier P A Lespinat |
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Institution: | (1) Botany Department, University of Edinburgh, UK;(2) Département de Biologie, Service de Radioagronomie, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Cadarache, B.P. 1-13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France |
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Abstract: | Summary Oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide evolution and nitrogenase activity, measured either as hydrogen evolution (under argon 80%, oxygen 20%) or as the reduction of acetylene to ethylene, were assayed over the same time period by a direct mass-spectrometric method. When carbon dioxide evolution was used to estimate carbohydrate consumption, the results agreed with other work on whole plants. The RQ values obtained in these experiments were always less than 1.0 and thus the carbohydrate consumption calculated from oxygen uptake suggests that previous estimates, using carbon dioxide evolution as a measure of the cost of nitrogen fixation may be underestimates. Lag periods observed in the reduction of acetylene to ethylene suggest that there is a resistance to diffusion of gases in the root nodules. |
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Keywords: | Hydrogen Nitrogen fixation Nodulated roots Pea Respiration Soya bean |
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