Biological nitrification inhibition by Brachiaria humidicola roots varies with soil type and inhibits nitrifying bacteria, but not other major soil microorganisms

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 725-733

  Gopalakrishnan, Subramaniam ^a,b   Watanabe, Takashi ^a   Pearse, Stuart J ^a,c   Ito, Osamu ^a   Hossain, Zakir A K M ^a   Subbarao, Guntur V ^a  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachiaria humidicola; Inhibitors; Nitrification inhibition; Root exudates; Soil microorganisms

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHIARIA; BRACHIARIA HUMIDICOLA; NEGIBACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS GROUP; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 70349492203     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2009.00398.x     Document Type: Article

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