title: Characterization of intrinsic variability of Mesorhizobium ciceri isolates of cultivated fields.
abstract: A large number of putative rhizobial isolates were obtained from the root nodules of various chickpea cultivars growing in agricultural research fields. Of these, thirty were selected and characterized for traits, such as, generation time, intrinsic azide resistance and several symbiotic characters.
authors.affiliation: Plant Microbe Interaction Group, National Research Center on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. pravinkpravin@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kamble
authors.forename: Aqbal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D029863:Cicer / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013559:Symbiosis