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The ability of legumes, such as peas and beans, to 'fix' nitrogen from the air is well known to farmers and gardeners. These crops don't need nitrogen fertiliser. Why not? This programme looks at t...he painstaking work modern science is doing to unravel the secrets of the root nodules which furnish the legumes with their nitrogen.
The ability of legumes, such as peas and beans, to 'fix' nitrogen from the air is well known to farmers and gardeners. These crops don't need nitrogen fertiliser. Why not? This programme looks at t...he painstaking work modern science is doing to unravel the secrets of the root nodules which furnish the legumes with their nitrogen.
| Module code and title: | S325, Biochemistry and cell biology |
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| Item code: | S325; 05 |
| First transmission date: | 1986 |
| Published: | 1986 |
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| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Neil Cameron |
| Contributors: | John Day; Alan Dowie; Andy Johnston; J. H.(Johnny H.) Johnston; J. R.(John Raymond) Postgate; Colin Walker |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Experiments; Klebsiella; Leghaemoglobins; Legumes; Nodules; Plasmids; Rhizobium; Roots; Rothamsted |
| Master spool number: | HOU4578 |
| Production number: | FOUS319S |
| Videofinder number: | 1858 |
| Available to public: | no |
