Distribution of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria (Nostocaceae) during rice cultivation in fertilized and unfertilized paddy fields

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-103

  Kishore Choudhary, Kaushal ^a   Bimal, Raageeva ^a  

^a B R A BIHAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PADDY FIELD; PLANTATION; RICE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TAXONOMY;

BIHAR; INDIA;

ANABAENA; ANABAENOPSIS; APHANIZOMENON; AULOSIRA; CYANOBACTERIA; CYLINDROSPERMUM; NODULARIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOCACEAE;

EID: 77952901572     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: 17561051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2009.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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