Drought tolerance by lentil rhizobia (Rhizobium leguminosarum) from arid and semiarid areas of Pakistan

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-42

  Athar, M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; SALINE WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; STRAIN;

ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS; CELL COUNT; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; LOW WATER; PAKISTAN; RHIZOBIAL STRAINS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL MOISTURE POTENTIAL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER POTENTIAL;

DROUGHT;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; LENTIL RHIZOBIA; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; MOISTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

PAKISTAN;

LENS CULINARIS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0031930210     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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