Growth promoting effects of corn (Zea mays) bacterial isolates under greenhouse and field conditions

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1848-1856

  Mehnaz, Samina ^a,b   Kowalik, Tom ^b   Reynolds, Bruce ^b   Lazarovits, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A. zeae; B. phytofirmans; Corn; E. cloacae; P. putida; S. canadense; S. maltophilia

Indexed keywords

A. ZEAE; B. PHYTOFIRMANS; CORN; E. CLOACAE; P. PUTIDA; S. CANADENSE; S. MALTOPHILIA;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GREENHOUSES; NITROGEN; SOILS;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFERTILIZER; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MAIZE; METABOLITE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SANDY SOIL;

CANADA; DELHI; INDIA;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PHYTOFIRMANS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FUSARIUM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955919026     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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