Root-nodule bacteria from indigenous legumes in the north-west of Western Australia and their interaction with exotic legumes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1319-1329

  Yates, Ron J ^a   Howieson, John G ^a,b   Nandasena, Kemanthi G ^a   O'Hara, Graham W ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Indigenous and exotic legumes; North west Western Australia; Polymerase chain reaction; Root nodule bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BACTERIA; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ROOT NODULES; SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEGUME; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ARGYROLOBIUM; ARGYROLOBIUM UNIFLORUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHAMAECYTISUS; CHAMAECYTISUS PROLIFERUS; COCCOIDEA; HEDYSARUM; HEDYSARUM CORONARIUM; INDIGOFERA; ISOTROPIS; KENNEDIA; LOTUS; LOTUS CRUENTUS; MACROPTILIUM; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUELLERANTHUS; NATRIX; ONONIS NATRIX; ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; ORNITHOPUS SATIVUS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PTEROSTYLIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHYNCHOSIA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM TERANGAE; SUTHERLANDIA; SWAINSONA; SWAINSONA FORMOSA; SWAINSONA KINGII; SWAINSONA PTEROSTYLIS; TEPHROSIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM BURCHELLIANUM; TRIFOLIUM POLYMORPHUM; TRIFOLIUM UNIFLORUM;

EID: 3142643023     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.04.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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