Role of exopolysaccharides of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae as host plant-specific molecules required for infection thread formation during nodulation of Vicia sativa

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1233-1241

  Van Workum, Wilbert A T ^a   Van Slageren, Sophie ^a   Van Brussel, Anton A N ^a   Kijne, Jan W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exo mutants; Nod factors; Root nodules

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NODULATION;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 0031735141     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.12.1233     Document Type: Article

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