Toward a new concept of the evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the leguminosae

Plant and Soil

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 151-159

  Bryan, James A ^a   Berlyn, Graeme P ^a   Gordon, John C ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Caesalpinioideae; nitrogenase activity; nodulation; root cortex; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; FABACEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE;

EID: 0030475529     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00035069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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