Isolation of Frankia from the root nodules of Elaeagnus macrophylla and Alnus sieboldiana and their infectivities to the host plants

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Sasakawa, Hideo ^a   Kawai, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Norikatsu ^a   Tanigawa, Sizuka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

actinorhizal plants; Frankia; infectivity; isolation; root nodules

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010486761     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.13.143     Document Type: Article

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