Effect of salt stress on interaction between lentil (Lens culinaris) genotypes and Rhizobium spp. strains: Symbiotic N2 fixation in normal and sodic soils

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-195

  Rai, R ^a   Singh, R P ^a  

^a N D UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogenase activity; Rhizobium spp.; Sodic soils; Symbiotic N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; NODULATION; SALINITY; SOIL DEGRADATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS TOLERANCE; SYMBIOSIS;

LENS CULINARIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0032907988     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050543     Document Type: Article

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