Nodulation and performance of exotic and native legumes in Australian soils

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 543-553

  Pérez Fernández, Maria A ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGUME; NATIVE SPECIES; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOSSIAEA; BOSSIAEA AQUIFOLIUM; CYTISUS BALANSAE; CYTISUS MULTIFLORUS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; CYTISUS STRIATUS; DAVIESIA; GASTROLOBIUM SPINOSUM; GENISTA; GENISTA HYSTRIX; GOMPHOLOBIUM; JACKSONIA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; RETUSA; RHIZOBIUM; TEMPLETONIA RETUSA;

EID: 10744232990     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT03053     Document Type: Article

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