Experiment on the Inoculation Test between Rhizobia from Woody Legumes and Four Leguminous species

rhizobial strains,isolated from root nodules of 51 species of woody legumes(5 genera in subfamily Mimosoideae and 18 genera in subfamily Papilionoideae) were inoculated with two tree legumes ( Robinia pseudoacacia,Albizia julibrissin )and two herbaceous legumes ( Glycine max, Pisum sativum ). 50 days after cultivation of legume seedlings,the nodulation rates of the locust,silk tree,soybean and pea were 100%,87.9%,69.7% and 25.8% respectively.Among all the rhizobial strains 12 were nodulated on all of the 4 leguminous species,29 on locust, silk tree and soybean,and 4 on locust,silk tree and pea simultaneously.It has been shown that the root nodule bacteria of woody legumes have a wide range of hosts,but each rhizobial strain makes a great difference in affinity with different legumes,nodulation characters and nitrogen-fixing capacity.It seems that the host plant usually determines the shape and color of the nodules.