A study of the symbiotic importance and location of nod gene inducing compounds in two widely nodulating and two non-nodulating tropical tree species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Shaw, John E ^a,b   Reynolds, Tom ^c   Sprent, Janet I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia; Faidherbia; Flavonoids; Nod genes; Non nodulating; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030829407     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004212330945     Document Type: Article

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