Development of N2-fixing nodules on the wetland legume Lotus uliginosus exposed to conditions of flooding

New Phytologist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-231

  James, Euan K ^a,b   Sprent, Janet I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Lotus uliginosus; N2 fixation; Oxygen; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

FLOODED SOIL; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION;

LOTUS ULIGINOSUS; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI;

EID: 0033027350     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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