Alginate microbeads as inoculant carriers for plant growth-promoting bacteria

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 359-368

  Bashan, Yoav ^a   Hernandez, Juan Pablo ^b   Leyva, Luis A ^a   Bacilio, Macario ^a  

^a Ctr for Biol Res of the NW (CIB)   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorios Agroenzymas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azospirillum; Bacterial immobilization; Bacterial inoculants; Beneficial bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CROP PLANT; INOCULATION; SEEDLING;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036944086     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0481-5     Document Type: Article

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