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Excretion of Nitrogen by Leguminous Plants

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THE results of Virtanen1 and his associates, concerning the possible excretion of nitrogenous compounds from legumes and their absorption by associated non-legumes, have not in general been confirmed. The investigations of Wilson2, Bond3 and ourselves4 have on the whole brought forward evidence contrary to that of Virtanen.

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  1. Virtanen, A. I., and Laine, T., J. Agric. Sci., 27, 332 (1937), etc.

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  2. Wilson, P. W., NATURE, 140, 155 (1937).

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  4. Trumble, H. C., and Strong, T. H., C.S.I.R. (Aust.) Bull., 105, 11–24 (1937).

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STRONG, T., TRUMBLE, H. Excretion of Nitrogen by Leguminous Plants. Nature 143, 286–287 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143286b0

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