Symbiotic effectiveness of rhizobial mutualists varies in interactions with native Australian legume genera.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Interactions between plants and beneficial soil organisms (e.g. rhizobial bacteria, mycorrhizal fungi) are models for investigating the ecological impacts of such associations in plant communities, and the evolution and maintenance of variation in mutualisms (e.g. host spe...

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Main Authors: Peter H Thrall, Anna-Liisa Laine, Linda M Broadhurst, David J Bagnall, John Brockwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3162553?pdf=render