Nodulation study of natural forage legume in semiarid region, Turkey.
In this study, we investigated the natural nodulation of legume forage crops were widely grown in the natural pastures in Sanliurfa, Turkey. This legume forage crops are Vicia sativa L. subsp. sativa L., Vicia narbonensis L. var. narbonensis L., Vicia palaestina Boiss., Vicia hybrida L., Vicia lutea L. var. lutea Boiss. ET Ball., Pisum sativum L. subsp. sativum L. var. sativum L, Cicer echinospermum P.H. Davis, Trifolium tomentosum L., Trifolium retusum L., Trifolium campestre SCHREB., Medicago truncatula GAERTN. var. truncatula Schultz Bip., Trigonella mesopotamica Hub.-Mor., Lens culinaris Medik., Onobrychis crista-galli, Lathyrus cassius Boiss., Melilotus officinalis (L.) DESR., Coronilla scorpioides (L.) W.D.J. Koch. Nodulation, nodule colors and shapes were examined at the blooming period of forage legumes. In this study, the colour of the interior of nodules are pink-red colour and may be related to high rates of nitrogen fixation in legume crops.
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D000821:Animal Feed / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D003116:Color; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D009586:Nitrogen Fixation; D055170:Plant Root Nodulation; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000502:physiology; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014421:Turkey