Quantification of key genes steering the microbial nitrogen cycle in the rhizosphere of sorghum cultivars in tropical agroecosystems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4993-5000

  Hai, Brigitte ^a   Diallo, Ndeye Hélène ^b   Sall, Saidou ^b   Haesler, Felix ^c   Schauss, Kristina ^a   Bonzi, Moussa ^d   Assigbetse, Komi ^b   Chotte, Jean Luc ^e   Munch, Jean Charles ^c   Schloter, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Centre IRD de Bel Air   (Senegal)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Centre Regional Pour l'Eau Potable et l'Assainissement A Faible Cout Siege Regional   (Burkina Faso)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE NUMBER; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; AMMONIA OXIDATION; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BURKINA FASO; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DENITRIFIERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FLOWERING STAGE; FUNCTIONAL GENES; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; KEY PROCESS; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NITROGEN CYCLES; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REAL-TIME PCR; SEMI-ARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AMMONIA; ARID REGIONS; BACTERIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; GENES; MANURES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS; UREA; UREA FERTILIZERS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; UREA;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; OBSERVATORY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SORGHUM; UREA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RHIZOSPHERE; SORGHUM; STRAW; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BURKINA FASO; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 67651240650     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02917-08     Document Type: Article

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