Effects of single and dual inoculation with selected microsymbionts (rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) on field growth and nitrogen fixation of Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Lesueur, Didier ^a,b   Sarr, Amadou ^a  

^a Centre IRD de Bel Air   (Senegal)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Calliandra calothyrsus; Competitiveness of rhizobia; Nodule occupancy; Symbiotic N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; INOCULATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL FERTILITY; SYMBIONT; TRANSPLANTATION;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARBUSCULAR; CALLIANDRA CALOTHYRSUS; FUNGI; GLOMUS ETUNICATUM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 42049104130     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-008-9111-z     Document Type: Article

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