Estimation of the nitrogen fixation by sugarcane cultivar NiF-8 using 15n dilution and natural 15n abundance techniques

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 283-285

  Asis, Constancio A ^a,c   Kubota, Masatsugu ^c   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^c   Arima, Yasuhiro ^d   Ohwaki, Yoshinari ^e   Yoneyama, Tadakatsu ^b,e   Tsuchiya, Ken Ichi ^f   Hayashi, Nagao ^f   Nakanishi, Yasuhiro ^g   Akao, Shoichiro ^f  

^a PHILIPPINE RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

15N dilution method; Endophytic diazotrophs; Japanese sugarcane cultivar; Natural 15N abundance method; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0036236031     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2002.10409202     Document Type: Article

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