Occurrence and diversity of Frankia in Tunisian soil

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 372-379

  Gtari, Maher ^a   Daffonchio, Daniele ^b   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DNA; GENES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

BIOFERTILIZERS; CASUARINA GLAUCA; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; PHYLOGENETIC SUBGROUPS;

SOILS;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CASUARINA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; ELAEAGNACEAE; ELAEAGNUS; ELAEAGNUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; FRANKIA; MORELLA; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 34250171755     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00845.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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