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Breeding for increased nodule tissue in white clover (Trifolium repens L.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. Gareth Jones  and
A. C. Burrows
D. Gareth Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Botany, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
A. C. Burrows
Affiliation:
Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Plas Gogerddan, Nr. Aberystwyth
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Summary

The results of progeny tests of families of F1 and F2 selections derived from S 100 white clover are reported. The selection criterion was a high total nodule mass per plant coupled with an effective symbiosis with a known effective strain of Rhizobium trifolii. Selection for increased nodule volume produced a correlated increase in nodule number. F1 and F2 had significantly higher means than S 100 but F2 was not significantly higher than F1.

Scores for nodule mass showed a significant increase in F1 and a smaller but insignificant increase in F2. An estimate of the efficiency of nitrogen fixation on a unit-nodule basis indicated that as nodule size increased efficiency decreased.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , August 1968 , pp. 73 - 79
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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