An assessment of nodulation and nitrogen fixation in inoculated Inga oerstediana, a nitrogen-fixing tree shading organically grown coffee in Chiapas, Mexico

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 769-784

  Grossman, J M ^a   Sheaffer, C ^b   Wyse, D ^b   Bucciarelli, B ^b   Vance, C ^b   Graham, P H ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Chiapas; Coffee; Inga; Leguminous trees; Mexico; Nitrogen fixation; Organic; Root nodule bacteria

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; TISSUE;

AGROFORESTRY; LEGUMINOUS TREES; ORGANIC;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AGROFORESTRY; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

COFFEE; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; STERCULIA;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COFFEA ARABICA; INGA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 33645218013     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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