Liming and choice of pasture species improve rhizobial persistence in an acidic chromosol (red-brown earth)

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 247-256

  Roesner, E A ^a   Fettell, N A ^a   Brockwell, J ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lolium rigidum; M. truncatula; Medicago sativa; Plant nitrogen; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii; Sinorhizobium meliloti; Soil pH; T. subterraneum; Trifolium hirtum

Indexed keywords

PASTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. TRIFOLII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HIRTUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 13744255062     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ea03153     Document Type: Article

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