Microbial diversity in the rhizosphere of corn grown under conventional and low-input systems

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Buyer, Jeffrey S ^a   Kaufman, Donald D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biodiversity; Fungi; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS; FABACEAE; POACEAE;

CORN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOYBEAN;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, KUTZTOWN;

EID: 0031458561     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(96)00127-8     Document Type: Article

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