15N natural abundance of biologically fixed N2 in soybean is controlled more by the Bradyrhizobium strain than by the variety of the host plant

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1694-1700

  Pauferro, Natalie ^a   Guimarães, Ana Paula ^b   Jantalia, Claudia P ^a   Urquiaga, Segundo ^a   Alves, Bruno J R ^a   Boddey, Robert M ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

'B' value; 15N natural abundance; Biological N2 fixation; Glycine max; Quantification; Soybean

Indexed keywords

'B' VALUE; BIOLOGICAL N2 FIXATION; GLYCINE MAX; NATURAL ABUNDANCE; QUANTIFICATION; SOYBEAN;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STRAIN;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; HOST PLANT; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOYBEAN;

BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 77955923058     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.05.032     Document Type: Article

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