Symbiotic specificity of tropical tree rhizobia for host legumes

New Phytologist

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-507

  Bala, Abdullahi ^a,b   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 calothyrsus; Gliricidia sepiurn; Leucaena leucocephala; N2 fixation; Rhizobium; Sesbania sesban; Tropical tree legumes

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ANIMALIA; CALLIANDRA; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; GLIRICIDIA; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA LEUCOCEPHALA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SESBANIA SESBAN;

EID: 0035081482     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2001.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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