Evaluation of the roles of two compatible solutes, glycine betaine and trehalose, for the Acacia senegal-Sinorhizobium symbiosis exposed to drought stress

Plant and Soil

Volumn 260, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 237-251

  Räsänen, Leena A ^a   Saijets, Salla ^a,b   Jokinen, Kari ^c   Lindström, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KEMIRA OYJ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acacia senegal; compatible solutes; drought stress; infection process; nodulation; osmotic stress; Sinorhizobium

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; SEEDLING; SOLUTE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; MIMOSOIDEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM ARBORIS; SINORHIZOBIUM SAHELI;

EID: 4043083687     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000030181.03575.e1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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