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Alfalfa inoculated with the Cu-sensitive strain showed a larger decrease in shoot and root dry weight than alfalfa inoculated with the Cu-tolerant strain.
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e0“plants inoculated with the sensitive strain revealed a decrease of shoot and root DW, larger than that found in plants inoculated with the tolerant strain”
e1“alfalfa plants”
Title
Issam Nouairi; Moncef Mrabet; Mokded Rabhi; et al. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2015. doi:10.1080/03650340.2015.1036043
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- Intervention effect Copper addition decreased nodule number and nodule dry weight of alfalfa in both symbioses compared with no added copper.
- Intervention effect The symbiosis with the Cu-sensitive strain was more affected by copper than the symbiosis with the Cu-tolerant strain.
- Intervention effect Under copper supply, alfalfa with the Cu-tolerant strain showed no significant change in shoot and root biomass production.
- Intervention effect Under copper excess, high levels of copper were detected in different parts of alfalfa plants in both symbioses.
- Intervention effect Under copper excess, the strain S412 produced a high translocation of copper to the aerial parts of alfalfa.
- Observation Alfalfa plants with strain S412 accumulated large quantities of calcium in their roots and nodules.
- Intervention effect Nodulation with strain S412 allowed alfalfa to maintain high levels of magnesium in all tissues.
- Intervention effect Nodulation with strain S412 gave high iron levels in alfalfa nodules.
- Intervention effect Under 0.5 mM copper treatment, calcium content decreased drastically in alfalfa shoots.
- Recommendation The authors suggest that this symbiotic pair could be used for phytostabilization of Cu-contaminated soils.