Long-term effects of nitrate on lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) nitrogen fixation is not influenced by the denitrification status of the microsymbiont

Plant and Soil

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Garcia Plazaola J I ^a   Hernandez A ^a   Becerril, J M ^a   Arrese Igor, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

ARA; Denitrification; Lucerne; Medicago sativa; Nitrate; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; GENETIC STRAIN; GREENHOUSE; INOCULATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PLANT GROWTH; REDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ARA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0342470545     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004716306003     Document Type: Article

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