Desiccation tolerance of rhizobia when protected by synthetic polymers

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 573-580

  Deaker, Rosalind ^a   Roughley, Rodney J ^a   Kennedy, Ivan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colloidal stabilisation; Desiccation; Moisture sorption; Polymers; Polyvinyl alcohol; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; COLLOIDS; HYDROLYSIS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYMERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS;

COLLOIDAL STABILISATION; DESICCATION; MOISTURE SORPTION; RHIZOBIA;

BACTERIA;

DESICCATION; LEGUME; POLYMER; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SURVIVAL; YIELD RESPONSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 33751399669     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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