The contribution of nitrogen fixation to sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.), and the identification and characterization of part of the associated diazotrophic bacterial community

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 35-49

  Taulé, Cecilia ^a   Mareque, Cintia ^a   Barlocco, Claudia ^b   Hackembruch, Fernando ^c   Reis, Veronica M ^d   Sicardi, Margarita ^b   Battistoni, Federico ^a  

^a Microbial Biochemistry and Genomics Department   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c Alcoholes del Uruguay SA (ALUR)   (Uruguay)

^d EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Diazotrophs; Endophytes; PGPR; Saccharum officinarum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; EPIPHYTE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HORMONE; LEGUME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE; SOLUBILIZATION; SUGAR CANE; WHEAT;

URUGUAY;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER; AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 84862682267     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1023-4     Document Type: Article

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