Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae and phosphorus fertilization on growth, nodulation and N2 fixation (15N) in Medicago sativa at four salinity levels

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Azcon R ^a   El Atrash, F ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

15N labelled fertilizers; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Glomus mosseae; Medicago sativa; N2 fixation; Rhizobium meliloti; Salt tolerance; Soluble P

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; FABACEAE; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGI; INOCULATION; IRRIGATION; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SALT STRESS;

EID: 0030613476     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050212     Document Type: Article

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