Genetic diversity of rhizobia from natural populations varies with the soil dilution sampled

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 841-843

  Bala, Abdullahi ^a,b   Murphy, Phillip ^a   Giller, Ken E ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Calliandra; Gliricidia; Leucaena; Most probable number; N2 fixation; Nodulation; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; FUNGAL RNA; GENETIC DIVERSITY; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIUM; RNA 16S; SOIL INOCULATION; TROPICS;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL BIOTA; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 0035026899     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00221-2     Document Type: Article

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