Salt tolerance of Casuarina equisetifolia and Frankia Ceq1 strain isolated from the root nodules of C. equisetifolia

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Tani, Chiharu ^a   Sasakawa, Hideo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Casuarina equisetifolia; Isolated Frankia; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; FRANKIA; FUNGI; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0037995735     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2003.10410000     Document Type: Article

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