Commercial Extract of Ascophyllum nodosum Improves Root Colonization of Alfalfa by Its Bacterial Symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2425-2436

  Khan, Wajahatullah ^a   Zhai, Ruijie ^b   Souleimanov, Alfred ^c   Critchley, Alan T ^d   Smith, Donald L ^c   Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Acadian Seaplants Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Medicago sativa; nitrogen fixation; plant microbe interaction; root nodulation; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INOCULATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PLANT EXTRACT; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEAWEED;

ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIALES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84866699228     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.708079     Document Type: Article

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