Assembling BNF system in rice plant: Frontier areas of research

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 326-334

  Roy, Mihirlal ^a   Srivastava, Ramesh C ^a,b  

^a Tripura State Council for Science and Technology   (India)

^b TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Genetic manipulation; Nif genes; Non nodular and nodular symbiosis; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874711242     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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