Effect of salinity on growth, nodulation and nitrogen assimilation in nodules of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Del Pilar Cordovilla, Maria ^a   Ligero, Francisco ^a   Lluch, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; N2 fixation; Rhizobium leguminosarum; Salinity

Indexed keywords

VICIA FABA;

EID: 0032928546     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00132-2     Document Type: Article

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