Effect of disabling bacteroid proline catabolism on the response of soybeans to repeated drought stress

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 311, 1997, Pages 1299-1307

  Straub, Peter F ^a,d   Shearer, Georgia ^a   Reynolds, Paul H S ^b   Sawyer, Stanley A ^c   Kohl, Daniel H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought stress; N2 fixation; Proline dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030825348     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.6.1299     Document Type: Article

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