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Molybdenum and Sulphur in Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation

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NITRATE accumulation due to ineffective nitrate utilization may occur in plants in cases of deficiencies of either molybdenum1–3 or of sulphur4, 5. Though high in nitrogen, such affected plants show symptoms of nitrogen deficiency. It has also been suggested that the effect of molybdenum on legumes is due to its influence in the actual process of symbiotic nitrogen fixation rather than on nitrate utilization6, and that sulphur may indirectly affect legumes through its direct effect upon the nitrogen-fixing organisms.

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ANDERSON, A., SPENCER, D. Molybdenum and Sulphur in Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation. Nature 164, 273–274 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164273a0

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