Host specificity and phenotypic diversity of Rhizobium strains nodulating Leucaena, Acacia, and Sesbania in Egypt

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 224-232

  Swelim, D M ^a   Hashem, F M ^b   Kuykendall, L D ^b   Hegazi, N I ^c   Abdel Wahab, S M ^a  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Bradyrhizobium; Legume trees; Plant microbe interaction; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY; RHIZOBIA;

EGYPT;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA CULENSII; LEUCAENA DIVERSIFLORA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCAENA RETUSA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MIMOSACEAE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM; SESBANIA; SESBANIA SESBAN; VIGNA SINENSIS;

EID: 0030820522     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050307     Document Type: Article

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