Growth Promotion of Maize (Zea mays L.) by Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria under Field Conditions

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1263-1272

  Gholami, Ahmad ^a   Biyari, Atena ^a   Gholipoor, Manoochehr ^a   Asadi Rahmani, Hadi ^b  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Soil and Water Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Azotobacter; maize; PGPR

Indexed keywords

BIOFERTILIZER; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; INOCULATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; MAIZE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL FERTILITY;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; AZOTOBACTER LIPOFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860755686     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.666302     Document Type: Article

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