Effect of inoculation with wild type Azospirillum brasilense and A. irakense strains on development and nitrogen uptake of spring wheat and grain maize

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 284-297

  Dobbelaere, Sofie ^a   Croonenborghs, Anja ^a   Thys, Amber ^a   Ptacek, David ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^b   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Inoculum concentration; Nitrogen fertilisation; Nitrogen uptake efficiency; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INOCULATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM IRAKENSE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036934485     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0534-9     Document Type: Article

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