Effect of drought stress on survival of clover rhizobia W14-2 and its plasmid-cured derivatives in soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 173-179

  Moenne Loccoz Y ^a,b   Weaver, R W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Plasmid curing; Plasmids; Rhizobium leguminosarum; Survival in soil

Indexed keywords

RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 3542994684     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(96)00105-9     Document Type: Article

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