Screening Rhizobium spp. strains associated with Gliricidia sepium along an altitudinal transect in Veracruz, Mexico

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-38

  Melchor Marroquin J I ^a   Vargas Hernandez J J ^b   Ferrera Cerrato, R ^b   Krishnamurthy, L ^c  

^a Campo Experimental Ixtacuaco   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biomass production; Nitrogen content; Seedling growth; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; MORPHOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDLING;

MEXICO;

GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0344241067     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006231629500     Document Type: Article

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