Crude extract of Astragalus mongholicus root inhibits crop seed germination and soil nitrifying activity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-208

  Mao, Jian ^a   Yang, Linzhang ^b   Shi, Yuming ^c   Hu, Jian ^a   Piao, Zhe ^a   Mei, Lijuan ^a   Yin, Shixue ^a,b  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Yangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Astragalus mongholicus; Seed germination; Soil nitrification

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS; CROPS; NITRIFICATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ALLELOPATHY; ASTRAGALUS MONGHOLICUS; SEED GERMINATION; SOIL NITRIFICATION;

SOILS;

ALLELOPATHY; GERMINATION; INHIBITOR; NITRIFICATION;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICALS; FARM CROPS; NITRIFICATION; PLANTS; SEEDS; SOIL;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASTRAGALUS MONGHOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 29744434141     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.04.030     Document Type: Article

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