The regulation of nodulation, nitrogen fixation and ammonium assimilation under a carbohydrate shortage stress in the Discaria trinervis-Frankia symbiosis

Plant and Soil

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Valverde, Claudio ^a   Wall, Luis Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dark stress; Discaria trinervis; Frankia; Nitrogen fixation; Nitrogenase; Nodules

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION;

DISCARIA; FRANKIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 0043030236     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024982527843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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