Genetic diversity of a natural population of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii analysed from field nodules and by a plant infection technique

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1162-1165

  Duodu, Samuel ^a   Nsiah, Enoch K ^a   Bhuvaneswari, T V ^a   Svenning, Mette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clover; DNA fingerprinting; Genetic diversity; Host preference

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYMERS; SOILS;

CLOVER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC DIVERSITY; HOST PREFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; DILUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH; PLANT;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 33646084175     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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