Cold-adapted rhizobia for nitrogen fixation in temperate regions

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1153-1161

  Prévost, Danielle ^a   Drouin, Pascal ^a,b   Laberge, Serge ^a   Bertrand, Annick ^a   Cloutier, Jean ^a   Lévesque, Gabriel ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Cold adaptation; Cold shock protein; Legumes; Nodulation genes; Symbiotic efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATOLOGY; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SOIL CEMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ABIOTIC STRESSES; CROSS-ADAPTATION;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

LEGUME; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LATHYRUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MESORHIZOBIUM; ONOBRYCHIS; ONOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA; OXYTROPIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 12144286983     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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