Two seasons' study on nifH gene expression and nitrogen fixation by diazotrophic endophytes in sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids): Expression of nifH genes similar to those of rhizobia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 435-449

  Thaweenut, Nisarat ^a,b   Hachisuka, Yusuke ^a   Ando, Shotaro ^b   Yanagisawa, Shuichi ^a   Yoneyama, Tadakatsu ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diazotroph; Endophyte; nifH; Nitrogen fixation; RT PCR; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUGAR CANE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AZORHIZOBIUM CAULINODANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; RHIZOBIACEAE; SACCHARUM;

EID: 78650306069     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0557-1     Document Type: Article

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