Nodulation of groundnut by Bradyrhizobium: A simple infection process by crack entry

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-27

  Boogerd, Fred C ^a   Van Rossum, Diman ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea; Bradyrhizobium; Crack entry; Groundnut; Intercellular spreading; Nodule organogenesis; Peanut

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0030952624     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00004-1     Document Type: Review

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