Evidence from field nitrogen balance and 15N natural abundance data for the contribution of biological N 2 fixation to Brazilian sugarcane varieties

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 5-21

  Urquiaga, Segundo ^a   Xavier, Rogério P ^b   de Morais, Rafael F ^c   Batista, Rafael B ^c   Schultz, Nivaldo ^c   Leite, José M ^d   Maia e Sá, Jerusa ^c   Barbosa, Karolina P ^c   de Resende, Alexander S ^a   Alves, Bruno J R ^a   Boddey, Robert M ^a  

^a EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b Usina Itamarati   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Biofuel crop; Brazilian sugarcane varieties; N balance; N 2 fixation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCUMULATION; BIOFUEL; CULTIVAR; ENERGY CROP; FERTILIZER; HARVESTING; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SUGAR CANE;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM;

EID: 84862647860     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1016-3     Document Type: Article

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