root nodule

collocation in English

meaningsofrootandnodule

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root
noun[C]
uk
/ruːt/us
/ruːt/
the part of a plant that grows down into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in ...
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nodule
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnɒdʒ.uːl/us
/ˈnɑː.djuːl/
a small raised area ...
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(Definition ofrootandnodulefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In the second salinity experiment there was a strong negative relationship between salinity androotnoduledevelopment.
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Nutritional constraints onrootnodulebacteria affecting symbiotic nitrogen fixation: a review.
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Auxin transport inhibition precedesrootnoduleformation in white clover roots and is regulated by flavonoids and derivatives of chitin oligosaccharides.
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It is a fast-growingrootnodulebacteria first isolated from soybeans.
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It is one of the major nutrients essential for plant growth,rootnoduleformation of legumes and plants protection mechanisms.
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The patentee discovered that there are strains of each species ofrootnodulebacteria which do not exert a mutually inhibitive effect on each other.
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Each of the species ofrootnodulebacteria contained in the package infects the same group of leguminous plants which it always infected.
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This paper reports the results of two experiments investigating the relationships between larval survival and development and the presence and abundance of root nodules.
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The most distinctive characteristics that allow rhizobia to be distinguished apart are the rapidity of their growth and the type ofrootnodulethat they form with their host.
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These facts suggest that ammonia becomes available in either leaves of plants that have alternative sources of nitrogen (such as root nodules in soybean) or in dead leaves.
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Nitrogen fixation mainly takes place in the symbiotic root nodules of the legumes.
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Because legume crops possess symbiotic (mutualistic) nitrogen-fixing bacteria in their root nodules, crop rotation incorporating perennial legumes has been shown to contribute to higher soil nitrogen levels5,7,11,29.
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This arrangement means that the root nodules are sources of nitrogen for legumes, making them relatively rich in plant proteins.
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In soyabeans "enod40" was found to be expressed during early stages of formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules that are associated with symbiotic soil rhizobial bacteria.
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They do this while living in root nodules on actinorhizal plants.
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Nitrogen-fixation basically include nitrogen-fixing bacteria on root nodules, lightning and the haber process.
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At times, the plant produces root nodules where it can fix nitrogen.
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