Growth and biochemical characterization of associations between cyanobionts and wheat seedlings in co-culturing experiments

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-110

  Sood, Anjuli ^a   Singh, Pawan K ^b   Kumar, Arun ^c   Singh, Rajendra ^c   Prasanna, Radha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

co culturing; cyanobacteria; cyanobiont; symbiotic associations; tryptophan; wheat

Indexed keywords

AZOLLA PINNATA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; GUNNERA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC SP. PCC 9229; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78650437104     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-010-0133-4     Document Type: Article

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