Plant-borne flavonoids released into the rhizosphere: Impact on soil bio-activities related to plant nutrition. A review

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-149

  Cesco, S ^a   Mimmo, T ^a   Tonon, G ^a   Tomasi, N ^b   Pinton, R ^b   Terzano, R ^c   Neumann, G ^d   Weisskopf, L ^e   Renella, G ^f   Landi, L ^f   Nannipieri, P ^f  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Carbon; Climate change; Micronutrients; Nitrogen; Nutrient availability; Nutrient cycle; Phosphorus; Rhizosphere; Soil bacteria; Soil enzyme; Soil fungi; Soil macrofauna; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BACTERIUM; BIOACTIVITY; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; LEGUME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RHIZOSPHERE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SULFUR;

FUNGI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84856113046     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0653-2     Document Type: Review

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