Competitive ability of selected Cyclopia Vent. rhizobia under glasshouse and field conditions

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-67

  Spriggs, Amy C ^a   Dakora, Felix D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Cyclopia; Inoculation; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule occupancy; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

CYCLOPIA; INOCULATION; NODULE OCCUPANCY; RHIZOBIA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FIELD METHOD; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LEGUME; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 33750934616     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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