Inoculation with selected strains of Azospirillum brasilense and A. lipoferum improves yields of maize and wheat in Brazil

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 413-425

  Hungria, Mariangela ^a,c   Campo, Rubens J ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^b,c   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^b,c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Fellow of the National Research Council   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Azospirillum lipoferum; Inoculation; Maize; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; INOCULATION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOWING; TRACE ELEMENT; WHEAT;

BRAZIL; LONDRINA; PARANA; PONTA GROSSA;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952425516     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0262-0     Document Type: Article

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