Assessing the suitability of antibiotic resistance markers and the indirect ELISA technique for studying the competitive ability of selected Cyclopia Vent. rhizobia under glasshouse and field conditions in South Africa
Abstract Background: Symbiotic N2 fixation in legumes is constrained by many factors, including the paucity of suitable soil rhizobia To maximise growth of legume species therefore often requires the application of effective rhizobia as inoculants. But where native strains out-compete introduced rhi...
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BMC Microbiology
2009
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Online Access: | http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001665 |