Nodulation of Pole Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) by Rhizobium Species of Two Cross-Inoculation Groups

AUTOR(ES)

Bal, Arya K.

RESUMO

Physiology and morphology of pole bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv Kentucky Wonder) root nodules induced by two Rhizobium species of different cross-inoculation groups have been compared. Root nodules induced by Rhizobium sp. 127E15, which is a strain of the cowpea group Rhizobium, were pinkish, had irregular shapes, and were only partially effective. Their peak acetylene reduction activity was 4.36 μmol of C2H4 formed per g of fresh nodules per h at 30 days after inoculation. The effective nodules induced by Rhizobium phaseoli 127K14, which is a strain of the bean group Rhizobium, were dark red, spherical, and showed peak acetylene reduction activity of 15.95 μmol of C2H4 formed per g of fresh nodules per h at 15 days after inoculation. The partial effectiveness of 127E15-induced nodules was associated with fewer infected cells, a delay in the increase of bacteroid population within the host cells, abundance of cytoplasmic vesicles in the host cells, more bacteroids within a membrane envelope (peribacteroid membrane), and the inability of bacteroids to completely fill up the host cytoplasmic space. The 127K14-induced nodules were fully mature, with host cells filled with bacteroids by 12 days after inoculation. In contrast, the 127E15-induced nodules did not reach a similar developmental stage even 30 days after inoculation.

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