Does GABA increase the efficiency of symbiotic N2 fxation in legumes?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sulieman, Saad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nodule; Signaling; Symbiosis; Translocation; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; LEGUME; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

FABACEAE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 79956220043     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.1.14318     Document Type: Article

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