Maize genotype effects on the response to Azospirillum inoculation

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Garcia De Salomone I ^a   Dobereiner J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azospirillum spp.; Inoculation of cereal crops; Maize genotypes; N accumulation; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0012633020     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050048     Document Type: Article

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