Biological nitrogen fixation is not a major contributor to the nitrogen demand of a commercially grown South African sugarcane cultivar

Plant and Soil

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-96

  Hoefsloot, G ^a,b   Termorshuizen, A J ^b   Watt, D A ^c   Cramer, M D ^d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

15N; Acetylene reduction; Biological nitrogen fixation; Diazotrophic endophytic bacteria; Saccharum L spp. hybrid

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SUGAR CANE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 28444472418     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2581-0     Document Type: Article

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