rosR, A determinant of nodulation competitiveness in Rhizobium etli

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 180-186

  Bittinger, Mark A ^a   Milner, Jocelyn L ^a   Saville, Barry J ^b   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031104926     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.2.180     Document Type: Article

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