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Main Title Cadmium Effects on the Nitrogen Fixation System of Red Alder.
Author Wickliff, Carlos ; Evans, Harold J. ; Carter, Kevin R. ; Russell, Sterling A. ;
CORP Author National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst., Bethesda, MD.
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA-600/J-80-035;
Stock Number PB81-100331
Additional Subjects Cadmium ; Forest trees ; Nitrogen fixation ; Plant growth ; Abundance ; Nitrogen ; Soil fertility ; Accumulation ; Seeds ; Concentration(Composition) ; Reprints ; Alnus rubra ; Red alder trees
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NTIS  PB81-100331 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Red alder (Alnus rubra) was grown in sand culture in the greenhouse to obtain data on the effects of cadmium (Cd) on a symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation system which contributes to the fertility of forest soils. Treatment of red alder seedlings for 11 weeks with 0.545 to 136 micrometers CdCl2 in N-free nutrient solution decreased in situ nitrogenase activity 25 to 89%, N fixation 23 to 98%, and the number of nodules per plant 29 to 74%, when compared to plants receiving no Cd. Similar reductions were observed in plant growth. Treatment with 0.054 to 0.545 micrometers CdCl2 decreased nitrogenase activity 6 to 31%.