Effects of phosphorus supply on in vitro growth and phosphatase activity of Frankia isolates from Casuarina

Plant and Soil

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-79

  Yang, Y ^a,b   Shipton, W A ^a   Reddell, P ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frankia; phosphatase activity; phosphorus; protein; viability

Indexed keywords

CASUARINA; FRANKIA;

EID: 0031000359     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004238021805     Document Type: Article

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