Determination of nitrogen fixation effectiveness in selected Medicago truncatula isolates by measuring nitrogen isotope incorporation into pheophytin

Plant and Soil

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-168

  Parra Colmenares, Adriana ^a   Kahn, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution assay; Chlorophyll; Legume productivity; Legume rhizobia combination; Nitrogen fixation; Pheophytin

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 21044433639     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-1308-y     Document Type: Article

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