Infectivity and effectivity of Frankia strains from the Rhamnaceae family on different actinorhizal plants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-225

  Carú, Margarita ^a   Mosquera, Gloria ^a   Bravo, Lorena ^a   Guevara, Rafael ^a   Sepúlveda, Dionisia ^a   Cabello, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Frankia; Infectivity; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ACTINORHIZA; INFECTIVITY; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CASUARINA; CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA; CASUARINACEAE; COLLETIA; ELAEAGNACEAE; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; FRANKIA; RETANILLA TRINERVIA; RHAMNACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0038365427     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023060109632     Document Type: Article

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