Rj (rj) genes involved in nitrogen-fixing root nodule formation in soybean

Breeding Science

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 544-553

  Hayashi, Masaki ^a   Saeki, Yuichi ^b   Haga, Michiyo ^c   Harada, Kyuya ^a   Kouchi, Hiroshi ^a   Umehara, Yosuke ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c Fukushima Prefecture Ken chu Agriculture and Forestry Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoregulation of nodulation; Host controlled nodulation; Host restriction of nodulation; Model legume; Rj (rj) gene; Root nodule symbiosis; Soybean

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 84856779139     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.61.544     Document Type: Review

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