Plant-cyanobacterial symbiotic somaclones as a potential bionitrogen-fertilizer for paddy agriculture: Biotechnological approaches

Microbiological Research

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-307

  Sinha, R P ^a,b   Vaishampayan, A ^a   Hader D P ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azolla; Cyanobacteria; Higher plants; Somaclonal mutation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT GENETICS; RICE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANABAENA; AZOLLA;

EID: 0032968380     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(99)80042-1     Document Type: Article

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