What can be learnt from the current use of inoculants in legume production? The relative merits of mineral fertilisers and N-inoculants

Symbiosis

Volumn 35, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 129-145

  Goddard, Peter ^a   Srinivasan, Murali ^a   Girard, Marie Laure ^b  

^a STATOIL   (Norway)

^b Ctr for Plant Nutrition Hanninghof   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endophytes; Fertilisers; Microorganisms; Nitrogen; Non legumes

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INOCULATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POACEAE;

EID: 0037248569     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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