Potential of ethylene-producing pseudomonads in combination with effective N2-fixing bradyrhizobial strains as supplements to legume rotation for Striga hermonthica control

Biological Control

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Ahonsi, Monday O ^a   Berner, Dana K ^a,d   Emechebe, Alphonse M ^a,b,c   Lagoke, Segun T ^b,e   Sanginga, Nteranya ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c c/o LW Lambourn/Co Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Ethylene producing Pseudomonas sp; Legume rotation; N2 fixation; N2 fixing bradyrhizobia; Nodulation; Pseudomonas fluorescens Pseudomonas putida; Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycinea; Striga hermonthica

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041474949     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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