EXTRAORDINARILY LARGE NODULES IN THE WINGED BEAN

E. Hamatová

Summary
When three cultlvars of Psophocarpus tetragonolobus of Vietnamese origin were inoculated with two strains of specific rhizobia, the tested combinations produced the biggest nodules ever recorded in any leguminous plant during our forty-year investigation: the maximum average weight of one nodule was 1.20 g. In all cases there also was a high effectiveness of the rhizo-bia with their respective hosts.

Key words:
winged bean, rhizobia, nodules

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