Diazotrophic associations in sugar cane cultivation in South India

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Muthukumarasamy, R ^a   Revathi, G ^a   Lakshminarasimhan, C ^b  

^a Main Bio Control Research Laboratory   (India)

^b A V V M SRI PUSHPAM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acetobacter diazotrophicus; Inorganic N; N2 fixation; Reduction of inorganic N application; Sugar cane

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BACTERIUM; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; SUGAR CANE; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

INDIA;

EID: 0033513271     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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