Diversity of Rhizobium-Phaseolus vulgaris symbiosis: Overview and perspectives

Plant and Soil

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-23

  Martínez Romero, Esperanza ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Phaseolus vulgaris; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM GALLICUM BV. PHASEOLI; RHIZOBIUM GIARDINII BV. PHASEOLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. PHASEOLI; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 17644445149     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024199013926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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