Application of 15N natural abundance technique for evaluating biological nitrogen fixation in oil palm ecotypes at nursery stage in pot experiments and at mature plantation sites

Plant and Soil

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 71-78

  De Carvalho, André L V ^a   Alves, Bruno J R ^b   Baldani, Vera L D ^b   Reis, Veronica M ^b  

^a CESUPI Centro de Ensino Superior de Ilhéus   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Delta 15N technique; E. oleifera; Elaeis guineensis; N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ECOTYPE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONOCOTYLEDON; NITROGEN FIXATION; NURSERY GROUND; PLANTATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 37749038008     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9456-5     Document Type: Article

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