Isolation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Azotobacter chroococcum from local litchi orchards and evaluation of their activity in the air-layers system

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-123

  Sharma, Som Dev ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^b   Raj, Harender ^a   Bhardwaj, Satish Kumar ^a  

^a Department of Fruit Science ^*  (India)

^b RCF Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Azotobacter strains; Glomus spp.; Inoculum; Root growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COVER CROP; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HORTICULTURE; INOCULATION; INTERCROPPING; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORCHARD; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEED CONTROL;

ARBUSCULAR; AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GLOMUS; GLOMUS FASCICULATUM; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; LITCHI CHINENSIS;

EID: 70349505698     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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