Colonization ability of Herbaspirillum spp. B501gfp1 in sugarcane, a non-host plant in the presence of indigenous diazotrophic endophytes

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 836-841

  Njoloma, Joyce Prisca ^a   Oota, Moriya ^b   Taroura, Kazuhiko ^b   Saeki, Yuichi ^a   Akao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Miyako Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herbaspirillum spp.; Indigenous endophytes; Sugarcane; Wild rice isolate

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENDOPHYTE; HERBASPIRILLUM; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; PLANT TISSUE; RICE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUGARCANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; HERBASPIRILLUM; ZIZANIA;

EID: 33646939376     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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