ROYSTONEA REGIA, A MONOCOTYLEDONOUS TREE, BEARS RHIZOBIAL ROOT-NODULES

Authors
BASU PS GHOSH AC DANGAR TK
Citation
Ps. Basu et al., ROYSTONEA REGIA, A MONOCOTYLEDONOUS TREE, BEARS RHIZOBIAL ROOT-NODULES, Folia microbiologica, 42(6), 1997, pp. 601-606
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Folia microbiologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155632
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
601 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5632(1997)42:6<601:RRAMTB>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The first instance of a monocotyledonous tree Roystonea regia (royal p alm) bearing root nodules is reported. They are formed by a Gram-negat ive bacterium which was tentatively identified as Rhizobium sp. The no dules are formed on younger roots of the tree mostly in the rainy seas on. Younger plants also become nodulated. Mature nodules are oval to c ylindrical in shape, unbranched and loosely attached to the roots whic h show ability to fix nitrogen.