Strains of Rhizobium fredii effectively nodulate and efficiently fix nitrogen with Medicago sativa and Glycine max

Symbiosis

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-264

  Hashem, F M ^a   Kuykendall, L D ^a   El Fadly, G ^b   Devine, T E ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Host specificity; Nod factors; Sinorhizobium; Strain improvement; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 0030964324     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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