Biomass and nutrient distribution and their return of Casuarina equisetifolia inoculated with biofertilizers in farm land

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-249

  Rajendran, K ^a,b   Devaraj, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOREST GENETICS AND TREE BREEDING   (India)

^b THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

AM fungus; Azospirillum; Biomass production; Casuarina equisetifolia; Frankia; Phosphobacterium

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; HARVESTING; NUTRITION; SEED;

NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INOCULATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

AZOSPIRILLUM; CASUARINA; CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA; FRANKIA; FUNGI; PHOSPHOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0742271239     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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