Effects of the inoculation of cyanobacteria on the microstructure and the structural stability of a tropical soil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 209-219

  Malam Issa, Oumarou ^a   Défarge, Christian ^b   Le Bissonnais, Yves ^c   Marin, Béatrice ^a   Duval, Odile ^d   Bruand, Ary ^b   D'Acqui, Luigi Paolo ^e   Nordenberg, Sofie ^b   Annerman, Marcus ^d  

^a Centre de Recherches en Environnement et Agronomie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UMR LISAH   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e Sezione di Firenze   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryo SEM; Cyanobacteria; Inoculation; Nostoc; Organo mineral aggregates; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CYANOBACTERIUM; INOCULATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SOIL AGGREGATE; TROPICAL SOIL;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; GUQUKA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC;

EID: 33846435330     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9153-9     Document Type: Article

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