Contribution of biological nitrogen fixation to Elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum Schum.)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 23-34

  de Morais, Rafael F ^a   Quesada, Diego M ^b   Reis, Veronica M ^c   Urquiaga, Segundo ^c   Alves, Bruno J R ^c   Boddey, Robert M ^c  

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

^b ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crop; Elephant grass genotypes; N accumulation; N natural abundance; N 2 fixation; Pennisetum purpureum

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCUMULATION; ACRISOL; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; DRY MATTER; ENERGY CROP; FIELD METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; GENOTYPE; GRASS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL FERTILITY;

BRAZIL; ESPIRITO SANTO; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 84862696489     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0944-2     Document Type: Article

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