In situ analysis of introduced Frankia populations in root nodules of Alnus glutinosa grown under different water availability

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1231-1238

  Nickel, Anja ^b   Hahn, Dittmar ^a,b   Zepp, Kornelia ^b   Zeyer, Josef ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Fluorescent oligonucleotide probes; In situ hybridization; Inoculation; Matric potential; Nitrate; rRNA

Indexed keywords

GENE INSERTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NITRATE; NODULATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; SOIL INOCULATION; SYMBIOSIS; VESICLE FORMATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ACTINORHIZAL PLANT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; NODULATION; ROOT; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; FRANKIA;

EID: 0033501169     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-77-9-1231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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