Methodological considerations for elucidating low-level liming effects on white clover symbiosis establishment in an acidic soil model system

Soil Science

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 567-577

  Staley, Thomas E ^a   Voigt, Paul W ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Calcium; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii; Roots; Soil pH; Soil solution; Survival; Trifolium repens L

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; LEGUME; LIMING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0033868192     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200007000-00005     Document Type: Article

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