Effect of inoculation with Azotobacter chroococcum on nitrogenase activity of Zea mays roots grown in agricultural soils under aseptic and non-sterile conditions

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 170-173

  Martinez Toledo, M V ^a   Gonzalez Lopez, J ^a   de la Rubia, T ^a   Moreno, J ^a   Ramos Cormenzana, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

A. chroococcum; Acetylene reduction assay; Associative N2 fixation; Seed inoculation; Yield response; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008126951     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: 14320789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00257669     Document Type: Article

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