Lime pelleting inoculated serradella (Ornithopus spp.) increases nodulation and yield

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1289-1294

  Hartley, Elizabeth ^a   Greg Gemell, L ^a   Herridge, David F ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobia; Lime pelleting; Nodulation; Ornithopus; Rhizobia; Serradella

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESEARCH; SEED;

DRY MATTER; NODULATION;

AGRICULTURE;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; LUPINUS; ORNITHOPUS; ORNITHOPUS COMPRESSUS; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 3142532823     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.04.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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