Differential effect of various endomycorrhizal fungi on nodulating ability of green gram by Bradyrhizobium sp. (Vigna) strain S24

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-178

  Saxena, A K ^a   Rathi, S K ^a   Tilak, K V B R ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction assay; ARA; Bradyrhizobium; Green gram; Inoculation; Nitrogenase activity; Nodule occupancy; VAM colonization

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; FUNGI; GLOMUS FASCICULATUM; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; SCUTELLOSPORA CALOSPORA; VIGNA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 0031050823     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050227     Document Type: Article

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