Symbiotic competence of Sinorhizobium fredii on twenty alfalfa cultivars of diverse dormancy

Symbiosis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Kuykendall, L D ^a   Hashem, P M ^a,b   Bauchan, G R ^a   Devine, T E ^a   Dadson, R B ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Endophyte; Host specificity; Medicago sativa; Microsymbionts; Rhizobium meliloti; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOYBEAN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032867978     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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