Inoculation with Sinorhizobium meliloti RMBPC-2 increases alfalfa yield compared with inoculation with a nonengineered wild-type strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4260-4262

  Scupham, Alexandra J ^a   Bosworth, Andrew H ^a   Ellis, William R ^b   Wacek, Thomas J ^b   Albrecht, Kenneth A ^a   Triplett, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Research Seeds Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029827601     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4260-4262.1996     Document Type: Article

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