Infection and colonization of sugar cane and other graminaceous plants by endophytic diazotrophs

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-119

  James, Euan K ^a   Olivares, Fábio L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetobacter diazotrophicus; Azospirillum spp.; Biological N2 fixation; Endophytic diazotrophs; Gramineae; Herbaspirillum spp.; Infection; Sugar cane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031924813     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(98)00357-8     Document Type: Article

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