Trifolitoxin production in Rhizobium etli strain CE3 increases competitiveness for Rhizosphere colonization and root nodulation of Phaseolus vulgaris in soil

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 228-233

  Robleto, Eduardo A ^a   Scupham, Alexandra J ^a   Triplett, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

legumes; peptide antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0030965734     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.2.228     Document Type: Article

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