In-furrow inoculation and selection for higher motility enhances the efficacy of Bradyrhizobium japonicum nodulation

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-363

  Lopez Garcia S L ^a   Perticari, A ^b   Piccinetti, C ^b   Ventimiglia, L ^b   Arias, N ^b   De Battista, J J ^b   Althabegoiti, M J ^a   Mongiardini, E J ^a   Perez Gimenez J ^a   Quelas, J I ^a   Lodeiro, A R ^a  

^a Inst de Biotecnología Y Biología Molecular IBBM   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; SOILS;

BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; FACTORIAL DESIGN; LARGE POPULATION; ROOT COLONIZATION; SOIL PLACEMENT; SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.]; YIELD INCREASE;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 63049101405     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0155x     Document Type: Article

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