Symbiotic relationships and root nodule ultrastructure of the pasture legume Biserrula pelecinus L. - A new legume in agriculture

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1309-1317

  Nandasena, K G ^a   O'Hara, G W ^a   Tiwari, R P ^a   Yates, R J ^a   Kishinevsky, B D ^a   Howieson, J G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biserrula; Mesorhizobium; Nitrogen fixation; Pasture legumes; Rhizobia; Root nodule structure; Symbiotic relationships

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENES;

CULTIVARS; NODULATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

INOCULATION; LEGUME; NODULATION; PASTURE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AMORPHA FRUTICOSA; ASTRAGALUS ADSURGENS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ASTRAGALUS SINICUS; BISERRULA; BISERRULA PELECINUS; CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; DORYCNIUM HIRSUTUM; DORYCNIUM RECTUM; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HEDYSARUM; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LOTUS; LOTUS EDULIS; LOTUS MAROCCANUS; LOTUS ORNITHOPODIOIDES; LOTUS PARVIFLORUS; LOTUS PEDUNCULATUS; LOTUS PEREGRINUS; LOTUS SUBBIFLORUS; MACROPTILIUM; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; ORNITHOPUS; ORNITHOPUS SATIVUS; PELECINUS; PEREGRINUS; RHIZOBIACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM LUPINASTER;

EID: 3142603135     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.04.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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