Genetic variation in populations of two Mediterranean annual pasture legumes (Biserrula pelecinus L. and Ornithopus compressus L.) and associated rhizobia

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-313

  Loi, A ^a   Howieson, J G ^a,b,c   Cocks, P S ^a   Carr, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Agriculture WA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness index; Nitrogen fixation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA ANALYSIS; FLOWERING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; ITALY; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BISERRULA; BISERRULA PELECINUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; PELECINUS; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0032907010     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A98058     Document Type: Article

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