Denitrification by Rhizobium meliloti: 2. Field and laboratory studies with soil

Swedish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 153-160

  Rosén, Agneta ^a,b   Ljunggren, Hans ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

sterilised soil; Acetylene inhibition method; Actual denitrification; Field plot experiment; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; N2O; Nitrification; Potential denitrification; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhizobium meliloti; Rhizodeposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012352225     PISSN: 00492701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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