Identification and characterization of salt- and thermo-tolerant Leucaena-nodulating Rhizobium strains

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-341

  Hashem, F M ^a   Swelim, D M ^b   Kuykendall, L D ^a   Mohamed, A I ^c   Abdel Wahab, S M ^b   Hegazi, N I ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^c VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Legume trees; Nitrogenase activity; Plant microbe interaction

Indexed keywords

EGYPT; HEAT TOLERANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PLANT GROWTH; SALT TOLERANCE;

RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EGYPT;

LEUCAENA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031662559     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050440     Document Type: Article

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