Isolation and characterization of Azotobacter and Azospirillum strains from the sugarcane rhizosphere

Plant and Soil

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 223-232

  Tejera, N ^a   Lluch, C ^a   Martinez Toledo M V ^b   Gonzalez Lopez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Azotobacter; Nitrogen fixation; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

RHIZOBACTERIUM; SUGAR CANE;

ANDALUCIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; NEGIBACTERIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 21044453816     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-1522-7     Document Type: Article

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