Isolation and partial characterization of endophytic diazotrophs associated with Japanese sugarcane cultivar

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 759-765

  Asis, Constancio A ^a   Kubota, Masatsugu ^b   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^b   Arima, Yasuhiro ^a   Chebotar, Vladimir K ^c   Tsuchiya, Ken Ichi ^d   Akao, Shoichiro ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetobacter diazotrophicus; Biological nitrogen fixation; Herbaspirillum species; Nitrogen fixing endophytic diazotrophs; Sugarcane juice

Indexed keywords

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM RUBRIBALBICANS; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0033810483     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2000.10409142     Document Type: Article

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