Rhizobium strains that nodulate Trifolium semipilosum Fres. are phylogenetically distinct

Plant and Soil

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-154

  Tesfaye, Mesfin ^a   Holl, F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Phylogeny; rDNA; Rhizobium; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

INOCULATION; NODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

RHIZOBIUM; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRIFOLIUM SEMIPILOSUM;

EID: 0032460222     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026408928279     Document Type: Article

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