Effects of thiamine and nitrogen fertilizer form on the number of N2-fixing and total bacteria in the rhizosphere of maize plants

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenernahrung und Bodenkunde

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-188

  Azaizeh, Hassan A ^a   Neumann, Günter ^a   Marschner, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 33750141540     PISSN: 00443263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.1996.3581590213     Document Type: Article

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