Soybean interactions with soil microbes, agronomical and molecular aspects

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-190

  Rodriguez Navarro D N ^a   Margaret Oliver, I ^b   Albareda Contreras, M ^a   Ruiz Sainz, J E ^b  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Legume inoculants; Nodulation factors; Rhizobial surface polysaccharides; Sinorhizobium fredii; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUEL; HORMONE; INOCULATION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NODULATION; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHATE; PLANT DEFENSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTEIN; RESEARCH WORK; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS;

SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; FABACEAE; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII;

EID: 79952590018     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2010023     Document Type: Review

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