Above- and below-ground responses of Eragrostis and Bouteloua grass seedlings to the plant-growth-promoting bacterium Azospirillium brasilense

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Arias, Héctor O Rubio ^a   Wood, M Karl ^b   Nieto, Carlos Morales ^a   López, Gerardo Reyes ^a   De La Vega, Lourdes ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Above ground production; Azospirillium; Inorganic nitrogen; Nitrogen fixing bacteria; Root phytomass

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BACTERIUM; BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; FORAGE; GROWTH; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RANGELAND;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOUTELOUA; BOUTELOUA CURTIPENDULA; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; ERAGROSTIS SUPERBA; POACEAE;

EID: 3042761129     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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