Influence of drought on competition between selected Rhizobium meliloti strains and naturalized soil rhizobia in alfalfa

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-241

  Athar, Mohammad ^a   Johnson, Douglas A ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competitiom; drought; Medicago falcata; Medicago sativa; nitrogen fixation; nodulation; rhizobia

Indexed keywords

RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; FABACEAE; MEDICAGO FALCATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

ALFALFA; DROUGHT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NODULATION; RHIZOBIA;

USA, UTAH;

EID: 0030301906     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00010452     Document Type: Article

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