Impact of organic fertilizers with and without chemical fertilizers on soil chemical properties and the establishment of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the rhizosphere

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-316

  Kaur, Kulvinder ^a   Goyal, Sneh ^a   Kapoor, Krishan K ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Genetically marked strains; Nitrogen fixing bacteria; Organic fertilizers; Rhizosphere soil

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 70349931287     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08524     Document Type: Article

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