Relationship between timing of infection and nodulation competitiveness of Rhizobium meliloti

Symbiosis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-248

  Lupwayi, N Z ^a,b   Stephens, P M ^a,c   Noonan, M J ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CRC for Soil and Land Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; growth phase; luteolin; Medicago sativa; Rhizobium; speed of infection; tertrahydoxyflavone

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030499796     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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