Phytohormone Regulation of Legume-Rhizobia Interactions

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 770-790

  Ferguson, Brett J ^a   Mathesius, Ulrike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoregulation of nodulation; Infection thread; Legume nodulation; Phytohormones; Rhizobia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HORMONE; INDUCED RESPONSE; LEGUME; NODULATION; PEPTIDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SIGNALING; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE;

PHYTOHORMONE;

FABACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

FABACEAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84906098226     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-014-0472-7     Document Type: Review

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