The regulation of symbiotic N2 fixation: A conceptual model of N feedback from the ecosystem to the gene expression level

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-120

  Hartwig, Ueli A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Environmental triggers; Leguminosae; Other rhizobia; Rhizobium; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; FABACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0001916313     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00054     Document Type: Article

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