Occurrence of nodulation in unexplored leguminous trees native to the West African tropical rainforest and inoculation response of native species useful in reforestation

New Phytologist

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Diabate, Moussa ^a   Munive, Antonio ^b   De Faria, Sérgio Miana ^c   Ba, Amadou ^d   Dreyfus, Bernard ^e   Galiana, Antoine ^e  

^a Inst de Rech Agronom de Guinee   (Guinea)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

Albizia; Bradyrhizobium; Erythrophleum; High value timber; Millettia; Natural forest; Nitrogen fixing trees

Indexed keywords

INOCULATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RAINFOREST; REFORESTATION;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; GUINEA; LEGUME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FABACEAE; GUINEA; PLANT ROOTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ALBIZIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; ERYTHROPHLEUM; MILLETTIA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 15944400354     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2005.01318.x     Document Type: Article

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