The model legume Medicago truncatula A17 is poorly matched for N 2 fixation with the sequenced microsymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-66

  Terpolilli, Jason J ^a   O'Hara, Graham W ^a   Tiwari, Ravi P ^a   Dilworth, Michael J ^a   Howieson, John G ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Medicago truncatula; Model legume; Nitrogen fixation; Sinorhizobium medicae WSM419; Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEGUME; MODELING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT SHOOTS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 44649165228     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02464.x     Document Type: Article

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