Distribution and N2-fixing activity of Frankia strains in relation to soil depth

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 732-738

  Nalin, Renaud ^a   Normand, Philippe ^a   Domenach, Anne Marie ^a  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Elaeagnus angustifolia; Frankia; intergenic spacer; nifD K; nitrogen fixation; polymerase chain reaction; qualitative and quantitative distribution; restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

FRANKIA;

EID: 0030904910     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990427.x     Document Type: Article

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