Application of genistein to inocula and soil to overcome low spring soil temperature inhibition of soybean nodulation and nitrogen fixation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-151

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Smith, Donald L ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium jopanicum; Genistein; Glycine max; Low soil temperature; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030840473     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004284727885     Document Type: Article

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