Leucaena leucocephala nodules formed by a surface polysaccharide defective mutant of Rhizobium sp. strain TAL1145 are delayed in bacteroid development and nitrogen fixation

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 364-372

  Parveen, Nikhat ^a   Webb, David T ^a   Borthakur, Dulal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

nodulation competitiveness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA LEUCOCEPHALA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM SP.;

EID: 0029789430     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0364     Document Type: Article

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