Diffusion and reaction of oxygen in the central tissue of ureide-producing legume nodules

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1351-1363

  Thumfort, P P ^a,c   Layzell, D B ^b   Atkins, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaseous diffusion; Legume; Nitrogen; Nitrogenase; Nodule; Rhizobium; Simulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032709911     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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