Region II of Rhizobium sp. NGR234 inhibits nodulation of Medicago sativa by R. meliloti nodlJ and nodQ1 mutants

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 978-983

  Rochepeau, P ^a,b   Fellay, R ^a   Jabbouri, S ^a   Perret, X ^a   Broughton, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; RHIZOBIUM SP.; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030727593     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.8.978     Document Type: Article

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