Enhanced nodulation and symbiotic effectiveness of Medicago truncatula when co-inoculated with Pseudomonas fluorescens WSM3457 and Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) medicae WSM419

Plant and Soil

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Fox, Sharon Lee ^a   O'Hara, Graham William ^a   Bräu, Lambert ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co inoculation; Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) medicae; Medicago truncatula; Nodulation enhancement; PGPR; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INOCULATION; LEGUME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE;

EID: 80053570155     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0959-8     Document Type: Article

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