Determination of symbiotic nodule occupancy in the model Vicia tetrasperma using a fluorescence scanner

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 709-715

  Novák, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; in depth imaging; nodule; Rhizobium; symbiosis; Vicia tetrasperma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOMONITORING; CHLOROPHYLL; COLONIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEGUME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTEIN; RESOLUTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; WAVELENGTH; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BEAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SYMBIOSIS;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SYMBIOSIS; VICIA;

RHIZOBIUM; VICIA TETRASPERMA;

EID: 79953221816     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr002     Document Type: Article

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