NITROGEN FIXATION OF Azorhizobium IN ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED ROOT PARA-NODULES IN WHEAT

Nodule-like structures (para-nodules) can be induced in wheat roots by low concentrationsof 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), a synthetic analogue of the plant growth hor-mone indole-acetic acid. Growth of nodulated wheat plants was not affected by 2,4-D treat-ment. Infection of these?para-nodules by adding oxygen-tolerant Azorhizobium caulinodans isolat-ed from stem nodules of the tropical legume Sesbania rostrata resulted in massive prolifera-tion of bacterial cells in the intercellular spaces as well as inside the para-nodular cells.Para-nodules colonized by Azorhizobium coulinodans not only reduced acetylene, but alsotransferred fixed nitrogen to the plant, contributing up to 16--23% of the nitrogen budgetof infected wheat.     

固氮根瘤菌(Azorhizoboium)在人工诱发小麦类根瘤中的固氮作用

用低浓度类似于植物生长激素吲哚乙酸的合成物2,4-二氯苯氧乙酸(2,4,-D)处理小麦根部能诱发瘤状结构(类根瘤),结瘤小麦植株生长不受2,4-D处理影响。这些类根瘤可被从热带豆科植物毛萼田菁(Sesbania rostrata)茎瘤中分离的耐氧茎瘤固氮根瘤菌(Azorhizobium caulinodans)侵染,使类根瘤内的细胞间隙和细胞内有大量菌体增殖,有茎瘤固氮根瘤菌拓殖的类根瘤不仅能还原乙炔,而且还能将固定的氮素转移给植株,向结瘤小麦提供16—23％的氮素。