Influence of plant genotype on the selection of nodulating Sinorhizobium meliloti strains by Medicago sativa

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-8

  Paffetti, Donatella ^a   Daguin, Fabrice ^a   Fancelli, Silvia ^a   Gnocchi, Stefano ^b   Lippi, Francesca ^a   Scotti, Carla ^b   Bazzicalupo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMOVA; Population genetics; RAPD; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ALFALFA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; ITALY; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RHIZOBIACEAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031959004     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000591719287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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