Influence of diverse rice soil ecologies on cyanobacterial diversity and abundance

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Prasanna, Radha ^a   Nayak, Saswati ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Diversity; Rice ecologies; Soil

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE; PADDY FIELD; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JAIPUR; ORISSA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33847653871     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-006-9018-2     Document Type: Article

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