Structure of root nodules and nitrogen fixation in Egyptian wild herb legumes

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 575-585

  Zahran, H H ^a  

^a Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alhagi murarum; Bacteroids; Medicago intertexta; Melilotus indica; Nodule ultrastructure; Rhizobium; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; Trifolium alexandrinum; Trifolium resuspinatum; Trigonella hamosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032436742     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001848617980     Document Type: Article

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