title: Soybean flower-to-seed movement of epiphytic bacteria.
abstract: Epiphytic tracer bacteris (a Pseudomonas sp. and an Arthrobacter sp.) from soybean buds were introduced into open flowers of greenhouse-grown soybean plants. Of the 177 resulting pods cultured after surface disinfection, tracers were recovered from within 24. Seed from two of these pods also carried tracers.
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000254:growth & development*; D004463:Ecology; D009068:Movement; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000382:microbiology; D013025:Glycine max