Involvement of salicylic acid in the establishment of the Rhizobium meliloti-Alfalfa symbiosis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-155

  Martinez Abarca F ^a   Herrera Cervera, J A ^a   Bueno, P ^b   Sanjuan, J ^a   Bisseling, T ^c   Olivares, J ^a,b  

^a Depto Microbiol Suelo Sist S

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypersensitive response; Plant defense; Systemic acquired resistance

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 2642611072     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.2.153     Document Type: Article

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