Competition between inoculant and naturalised Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii for nodulation of annual clovers in alkaline soils

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1019-1026

  Denton, M D ^a   Coventry, D R ^a   Murphy, P J ^a   Howieson, J G ^a   Bellotti, W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; PCR; Rhizobia; Trifolium

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INOCULATION; NODULATION; PASTURE; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRIFOLIUM PURPUREUM; TRIFOLIUM RESUPINATUM;

EID: 0036379212     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR01138     Document Type: Article

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