Influence of temperature on the symbiotic nitrogen fixation of legumes

ABSTRACT MEYER and Anderson1 recently found that moderately high temperatures inhibit symbiotic nitrogen fixation in subterranean clover grown in nutrient agar and they imply that their

results may be applicable to all legumes under all conditions. Objection must be made to such a premature generalization, especially when it is maintained that these findings are of

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