Diversity of Trifolium ambiguum - Nodulating rhizobia from the lower Caucasus

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-135

  Beauregard, M S ^a   Zheng, W ^a   Seguin, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caucasian clover; Caucasus; Rhizobia; Specificity; Trifolium ambiguum M.B.

Indexed keywords

LEGUME; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

RHIZOBIACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM AMBIGUUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 3843094733     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-004-0752-4     Document Type: Article

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