New strains of rhizobia that nodulate regenerating messina (Melilotus siculus) plants in saline soils

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Bonython, A L ^a,c   Ballard, R A ^a,c   Charman, N ^a,c   Nichols, P G H ^b,c   Craig, A D ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

N2 fixation; salt tolerance; Sicilian sweet clover

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; LEGUME; NEW SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PASTURE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SYMBIOSIS; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALIA;

MEDICAGO; MELILOTUS; MELILOTUS MESSANENSIS; MELILOTUS OFFICINALIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE;

EID: 79958164880     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP10402     Document Type: Article

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