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    The effect of toxin-producing Rhizobium strains, on larvae of Sitona flavescens feeding on legume roots and nodules

    Larvae of the weevil Sitona spp. specifically eat the root nodules formed on legume plants by the soil bacterium Rhizobium. This can adversely affect the nitrogen fixing activity in the root nodules and lead to d...

    Leif Skøt, Emma Timms, Lance R. Mytton in Plant and Soil (1994)