Occurrence and genetic diversity of rhizobia nodulating Sesbania sesban in African soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1759-1768

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; N2 fixation; Nodulation; Rhizobia; Sesbania; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

BIODIVERSITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SESBANIA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

AFRICA; CELL DENSITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA SEQUENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

AFRICA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALLORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM; SESBANIA SESBAN; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0036860696     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00163-3     Document Type: Article

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