Partner choice in medicago truncatulasinorhizobium symbiosis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1690, 2010, Pages 1947-1951

  Gubry Rangin, Cécile ^a,b,e   Garcia, Marjorie ^c   Béna, Gilles ^a,d  

^a IRD   (Morocco)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Indeterminate nodules; Nitrogen fixation; Partner choice; Sanction; Sinorhizobium meliloti; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; FITNESS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOTYPE; SHRUB; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77955373066     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2072     Document Type: Article

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