Diverse Mesorhizobium spp. with unique nodA nodulating the South African legume species of the genus Lessertia

Plant and Soil

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 385-401

  Gerding, Macarena ^a   O'Hara, Graham William ^b   Bräu, Lambert ^c   Nandasena, Kemanthie ^b   Howieson, John Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lessertia capitata; Lessertia diffusa; Lessertia excisa; Lessertia herbacea; Lessertia incana; Lessertia pauciflora; Mesorhizobium; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FARMING SYSTEM; FORAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

CAPITATA; LESSERTIA; LESSERTIA HERBACEA; MESORHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84865709837     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1153-3     Document Type: Article

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