Does plant immunity play a critical role during initiation of the legume-rhizobium symbiosis?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue June, 2015, Pages

  Tóth, Katalin ^a   Stacey, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Legume; Lipo polysaccharides; Nod factor; Plant immunity; Receptor like kinase; Root nodule symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84935883982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00401     Document Type: Review

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