Nodulation of legumes from the Thar desert of India and molecular characterization of their rhizobia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-243

  Gehlot, Hukam S ^a   Panwar, Dheeren ^a   Tak, Nisha ^a   Tak, Alkesh ^a   Sankhla, Indu S ^a   Poonar, Neetu ^a   Parihar, Rashmita ^a   Shekhawat, Narpat S ^a   Kumar, Mahesh ^b   Tiwari, Ravi ^c   Ardley, Julie ^c   James, Euan K ^d   Sprent, Janet I ^e  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline soil; Arid regions; Drought tolerance; Native legumes; Nodulation; Rhizobia; Thar desert

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; DESERT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HERB; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LEGUME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NODULATION; PHYLOGENETICS; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

INDIA; RAJASTHAN; THAR DESERT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; MIMOSOIDEAE; PAPILIONOIDEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84864120715     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1143-5     Document Type: Article

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