Improved establishment and development of three cactus species inoculated with azospirillum brasilense transplanted into disturbed urban desert soil

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 441-451

  Bashan, Yoav ^a   Rojas, Adriana ^a   Puente, M Esther ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Beneficial bacteria; Cactus; PGPR; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Plant inoculation; Soil erosion; Soil reclamation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CACTUS; GROWTH; INOCULATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; CACTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DUST; INOCULATION; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL TREATMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR STATE; LA PAZ; MEXICO;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACTACEAE; FUNGI; LOPHOCEREUS SCHOTTII; PACHYCEREUS PRINGLEI; PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTII; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

EID: 0033306443     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-6-441     Document Type: Article

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