The efficiency of nitrogen fixation of the model legume Medicago truncatula (Jemalong A17) is low compared to Medicago sativa

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 683-692

  Sulieman, Saad ^a   Schulze, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medicago sativa; Medicago truncatula; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 77950628998     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.12.016     Document Type: Article

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