Diversity and salt tolerance of native Acacia rhizobia isolated from saline and non-saline soils

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 950-963

  Thrall, Peter H ^a   Broadhurst, Linda M ^a   Hoque, Mohamed S ^a   Bagnall, David J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legume; Nitrogen fixation; Restoration; Revegetation; Salinity; Soil symbiont

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LEGUME; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIONT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACACIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 70450227200     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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