Effect of N-fertilization, plant genotype and environmental conditions on nifH gene pools in roots of rice

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1009-1015

  Tan, Zhiyuan ^a   Hurek, Thomas ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYZA;

EID: 0141788244     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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