Biological nitrogen fixation in non-legume plants

Annals of Botany

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 743-767

  Santi, Carole ^a   Bogusz, Didier ^b   Franche, Claudine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

actinorhizal plant; cyanobacteria; Frankia; Nitrogen fixation; nodulation; non legume; Parasponia; PGPR; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; HOST PLANT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

CROP; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOPHYTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYANOBACTERIA; ENDOPHYTES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84877307519     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct048     Document Type: Review

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