Symbiotic effectiveness of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in acid soils can be predicted from their sensitivity to acid soil stress factors in acidic agar media

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2046-2052

  Indrasumunar, Arief ^a,b   Dart, Peter J ^b   Menzies, Neal W ^b  

^a INDONESIAN CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid soil; Acid tolerant rhizobia; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Soybean N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

ACID MEDIA; ACID SOILS; ACID-TOLERANT RHIZOBIA; ACIDIC SOILS; AGAR MEDIA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; NEUTRAL PH; NODULATION; PLANT GROWTH; POT EXPERIMENT; PRESCREENING; SAND CULTURE; SOYBEAN N2-FIXATION;

ALGAE; ALUMINUM; AMINO ACIDS; MANGANESE; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRAIN;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; AGAR; ALUMINUM; CULTIVAR; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIMITING FACTOR; MANGANESE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOYBEAN; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; TOLERANCE;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 80051666571     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.05.022     Document Type: Article

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