Growth, survival and field performance of bradyrhizobial liquid inoculant formulations with polymeric additives

ScienceAsia

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-77

  Tittabutr, Panlada ^a   Payakapong, Waraporn ^a   Teaumroong, Neung ^a   Singleton, Paul W ^b   Boonkerd, Nantakorn ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive; Bradyrhizobia; Liquid inoculant; Polymeric substance; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247152839     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2007.33.069     Document Type: Article

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