Release of transgenic bacterial inoculants - Rhizobia as a case study

Plant and Soil

Volumn 266, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Hirsch, Penny R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Field release; Genetic modification; Monitoring survival; Rhizobium; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; FABACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 14644389483     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-4992-3     Document Type: Review

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