Inoculating acacia koa with bradyrhizobium and applying fertilizer in the nursery: Effects on nodule formation and seedling growth

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 443-446

  Dumroese, R Kasten ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^b   Davis, Anthony S ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA KOA; ANIMALIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM;

EID: 67049172445     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.2.443     Document Type: Article

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