Distinctive Mesorhizobium populations associated with Cicer arietinum L. in alkaline soils of Xinjiang, China

Plant and Soil

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 123-134

  Zhang, Jun Jie ^a   Lou, Kai ^b   Jin, Xiang ^c   Mao, Pei Hong ^c   Wang, En Tao ^a,d   Tian, Chang Fu ^a   Sui, Xin Hua ^a   Chen, Wen Feng ^a   Chen, Wen Xin ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Diversity; Mesorhizobium; Symbiotic gene; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION; LEGUME; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROFILE; SYMBIOSIS;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

CICER ARIETINUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; MESORHIZOBIUM MEDITERRANEUM; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84858342736     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1014-5     Document Type: Article

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