The effects of aluminium on nodulation and symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq

Plant and Soil

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Igual, J M ^a,b   Rodriguez Barrueco C ^a   Cervantes, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal plants; Aluminium toxicity; Casuarina cunninghamiana; Frankia; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation

Indexed keywords

CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA;

EID: 0030958344     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004259123008     Document Type: Article

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