The xylem of rice (Oryza sativa) is colonized by Azorhizobium caulinodans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1439, 2000, Pages 103-107

  Gopalaswamy, Ganesan ^a   Kannaiyan, Sadasivam ^a   O'Callaghan, Kenneth J ^b   Davey, Michael R ^b   Cocking, Edward C ^b  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azorhizobium caulinodans; Crack entry; Lateral roots; Naringenin; Rice; Xylem colonization

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; NARINGENIN;

BACTERIUM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RICE; XYLEM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; RICE;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYZA SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0034700786     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0973     Document Type: Article

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