Field assessment of symbiotic N2 fixation in wild and cultivated Cyclopia species in the South African fynbos by 15N natural abundance

Tree Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 239-247

  Spriggs, Amy C ^a   Dakora, Felix D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Natural populations; Plantations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CULTIVATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOLOGY; PLANTATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL REMEDIATION; SYMBIOSIS; TEA; WILD POPULATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARBUSCULAR; CYCLOPIA GENISTOIDES;

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CYCLOPIA (GENUS); ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

CYCLOPIA PLANT; ECOSYSTEM; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 64349098452     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpn021     Document Type: Article

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