Low concentrations of nitrate and ammonium stimulate nodulation and N 2 fixation while inhibiting specific nodulation (nodule DW g -1 root dry weight) and specific N2 fixation (N 2 fixed g-1 root dry weight) in soybean

Plant and Soil

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 281-292

  Gan, Yinbo ^a   Stulen, Ineke ^a   Van Keulen, Herman ^b   Kuiper, Pieter J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Low concentration; Nitrate; Specific N 2 fixation; Specific nodulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 2542480338     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLSO.0000016558.32575.17     Document Type: Article

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