Association of nitrogen-fixing, plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) with kallar grass and rice

Plant and Soil

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Malik, K A ^a   Bilal, Rakhshanda ^a,b   Mehnaz, Samina ^a   Rasul, G ^a   Mirza, M S ^a   Ali, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Acetylene reduction; Azoarcus; Azospirillum; Grasses; Root associated bacterial population

Indexed keywords

KALLAR GRASS; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIA; RICE;

AZOARCUS; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; LEPTOCHLOA FUSCA; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIALES; ZOOGLOEA;

EID: 0030712060     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5744-5_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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