Trigonella arcuata-associated rhizobia-an Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti population adapted to a desert environment

Plant and Soil

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-102

  He, Yu Rong ^a   Wang, Jing Yu ^a   Wang, En Tao ^b   Feng, Gu ^a   Chang, Yue Li ^a   Sui, Xin Hua ^a   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Desert; Divergent evolution; Ephemeral plant; Rhizobia; Trigonella arcuata

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID REGION; BIOREMEDIATION; DESERT; LEGUME; NODULATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRIGONELLA; TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 79960556456     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0762-6     Document Type: Article

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