Stem Nodulation in Legumes: Diversity, Mechanisms, and Unusual Characteristics

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-30

  Boivin, Catherine ^a   Ndoye, Ibrahima ^b   Molouba, Flore ^a   De Lajudie, Philippe ^a   Dupuy, Nicolas ^a   Dreyfus, Bernard ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Aeschynomene; Azorhizobiwn; Nitrogen fixation; Photosynthetic bradyrhizobium; Sesbania; Stem nodulated legumes

Indexed keywords

AZORHIZOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DISCOLOBIUM; FABACEAE; NEPTUNIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SESBANIA; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0002060483     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689709701944     Document Type: Article

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