The effect of fresh straw on the growth of certain legumes
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Thornton, H. G. 1929. The effect of fresh straw on the growth of certain legumes. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 19 (3), pp. 563-572. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600011801
| Authors | Thornton, H. G. |
|---|---|
| Abstract | 1. In pot experiments with Glycine hispida and Vicia faba L., fresh chaff incorporated with the soil caused a significant increase in the number of nodules produced on inoculated plants, this increase being augmented by the further addition of phosphates. 2. Fresh chaff, added at the time of sowing and inoculation, had more effect than chaff which was allowed to decompose in the soil for a month. 3. Fresh chaff increases the multiplication of the nodule organism in sterilised soil. 4. In soy beans without nodules, the chaff depressed the growth of the tops, but this depression did not occur either with soy or broad beans where nodules were present. 5. In a field experiment made at Rothamsted, chaff, freshly ploughed in, increased the growth of broad beans and also of wheat sown the next season on the same ground. |
| Year of Publication | 1929 |
| Journal | The Journal of Agricultural Science |
| Journal citation | 19 (3), pp. 563-572 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600011801 |
| Open access | Published as non-open access |
| ISSN | 0021-8596 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
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Brenchley, W. E. and Thornton, H. G. 1925. The relation between the development, structure and functioning of the nodules on Vicia faba as influenced by the presence or absence of boron in the nutrient medium. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 98 (691), p. 373. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1925.0043
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Thornton, H. G. 1923. On the vibration method of obtaining a suspension of the bacteria in a soil sample, developed by CL Whittles. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 13 (3), p. 352. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859600003634
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