Measurement of asymbiotic N2 fixation in Australian agriculture

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2915-2921

  Unkovich, Murray ^a   Baldock, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Acetylene reduction; Associative N fixation; Diazotrophs; Free living bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; LIGHTING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OPTICAL SENSORS; OXYGEN; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

15N; ACETYLENE REDUCTION ASSAYS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ASSOCIATIVE N FIXATION; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ECOSYSTEMS; CARBON SUBSTRATES; CROP GROWTHS; DIAZOTROPHS; DIRECT MEASURES; FIELD APPLICATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FIXATION RATES; FIXATION SYSTEMS; FREE-LIVING BACTERIA; HIGH TEMPERATURES; N REMOVALS; NITROGEN BALANCES; NITROGENASE ACTIVITIES; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; RAINFALL CONDITIONS; SOIL MINERALS; SOIL WATER CONTENTS; SOIL WATERS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ACETYLENE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; GRASS; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SYMBIONT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POACEAE;

EID: 55549113153     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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