Use of genetically improved nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in rice paddy fields: Prospects as a source material for engineering herbicide sensitivity and resistance in plants

Botanica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 176-190

  Vaishampayan, A ^a   Sinha, R P ^a,b   Hader D P ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia derepression; Cyanobacteria; Genetic improvement; Herbicide sensitivity and resistance; Rice paddy fields

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN FIXATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE PADDY; SOIL BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031838379     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00693.x     Document Type: Review

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