Inoculation with Azospirillum increased exudation of rhizobial nod- gene inducers by alfalfa roots

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 388-394

  Volpin, Hanne ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^b   Kapulnik, Yoram ^c   Okon, Yaacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Medicago Sativa

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0029788420     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0388     Document Type: Article

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