Distribution of Frankia genotypes occupying Alnus nepalensis nodules with respect to altitude and soil characteristics in the Sikkim Himalayas

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 364-371

  Khan, Anindita ^a   Myrold, David D ^b   Misra, Arvind K ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; SOILS;

INTERNALLY TRANSCRIBED SPACER; NEPALENSIS TREES;

GENES;

ALNUS; ALNUS NEPALENSIS; FRANKIA;

EID: 34250217829     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00872.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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