Selecting improved Lotus nodulating rhizobia to expedite the development of new forage species

Plant and Soil

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 231-243

  Howieson, John Gregory ^a   Ballard, Ross Andrew ^b   Yates, Ron John ^a,c   Charman, Nigel ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Lotus spp; Mesorhizobium loti; Nitrogen fixation; Pasture; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORAGE; HOST RANGE; INOCULATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; PASTURE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LOTUS MAROCCANUS; LOTUS ORNITHOPODIOIDES; LOTUS PEREGRINUS; LOTUS ULIGINOSUS; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 80053574798     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0921-9     Document Type: Article

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