Influence of soil moisture on the nodulation of post fire seedlings of Ceanothus spp. growing in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 673-679

  Pratt, S D ^a   Konopka, A S ^b   Murry, M A ^b   Ewers, F W ^b   Davis, S D ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinorhizal; Ceanothus; chaparral; nitrogen fixation; nodulation; water stress

Indexed keywords

CEANOTHUS;

EID: 0030980146     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990420.x     Document Type: Article

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