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Growth and Physiological Performance of a Coastal Species Trifolium fragiferum as Affected by a Coexistence with Trifolium repens, NaCl Treatment and Inoculation with Rhizobia

Gederts IevinshUna Andersone-ozolaKārlis DūmiņšIneta SamsoneDidzis Elferts

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species coexistenceTrifolium fragiferumPlant Science<i>Trifolium repens</i>rhizobiaRepensArticleRhizobiaNaClTrifolium fragiferumphysiological performanceMicrobial inoculantEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsEcologybiologyInoculationfungiBotanyfood and beveragesbiology.organism_classification<i>Trifolium fragiferum</i>SalinityHorticultureQK1-989ShootTrifolium repensTrifolium repens

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The aim of the present study was to analyze the growth and physiological performance of two coexisting species, Trifolium fragiferum, and Trifolium repens, under the effect of NaCl and rhizobial symbiosis. Seeds of T. fragiferum and T. repens were collected from populations in the wild, and plants were cultivated in an automated greenhouse, two plants per container. Three basic types of planting were performed: (1) both plants were T. fragiferum (single species), (2) one T. fragiferum and one T. repens (species coexistence), (3) both plants were T. repens (single species). For every basic type, three subtypes were made: (1) non-inoculated, (2) inoculated with rhizobia taken from T. fargiferum, (3) inoculated with rhizobia taken from T. repens. For every subtype, half of the containers were used as control, and half were treated with NaCl. Shoot fresh mass of plants was significantly (p &lt

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-10-01Plants
10.3390/plants10102196http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC8539394