The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine the
conditions necessary for the preparation of cell-free extracts of
nodule bacteroids capable of catalysing the reduction of acetylene to
ethylene and nitrogen to ammonia. Initial investigations were conducted
to determine whether intact soybean root nodules would reduce
acetylene to ethylene...
Eleven species of Mononchidae Chitwood, 1937 were
found among the nematodes separated from 48 soil samples
in Thailand and sent to Oregon State University. Six
species are newly described and illustrated including
Iotonchus bangkokensis, Iotopchus ainostomos, Iotonchus
chantabunensis, Iotonchus ravonqensis, fotonchus thai-Iandensis, and Miconchus triodontus. Also reported is a
description...
A study, using greenhouse and laboratory experiments, was
made of Hemicycliophora similis from Bandon, Oregon to determine:
identity and morphometrics, time and development of a life cycle,
host plant preferences and optimum environmental conditions for
reproduction and pathogenicity.
Morphometric investigations revealed discrepancies between
the measurements of this nematode species and...
Nitrogen fixation in both natural and domestic grasslands of Oregon was studied using the acetylene reduction assay. A substantial number of these tests made gave positive acetylene reduction activity. Rates in the range of 60g N₂ fixed/ha/day were observed for some Agrostis species. Assuming that this rate proceeds for 100...
Experiments are reported which demonstrate that a cobalt deficiency
in R. meliloti results in a decreased cytochrome content of
bacterial cells. It is concluded that the effect of cobalt deficiency
on cytochrome content of Rhizobium cells and on the leghemoglobin
content of nodules possibly may be explained by an effect...