Ascophyllum nodosum Extract and Its Organic Fractions Stimulate Rhizobium Root Nodulation and Growth of Medicago sativa (Alfalfa)

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 900-908

  Khan, Wajahatullah ^a   Palanisamy, Ravishankar ^b   Critchley, Alan T ^c   Smith, Donald L ^d   Papadopoulos, Yousef ^b   Prithiviraj, Balakrishan ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Acadian Seaplants Limited   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Ascophyllum nodosum; nitrogen fixation; plant microbe interaction; Sinorhizobium meliloti; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PLANT EXTRACT; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SEAWEED; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84874443714     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.744032     Document Type: Article

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