Maize/faba bean intercropping with rhizobia inoculation enhances productivity and recovery of fertilizer P in a reclaimed desert soil

Field Crops Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2012, Pages 19-27

  Mei, Pei Pei ^a,b,c   Gui, Lin Guo ^d   Wang, Ping ^d   Huang, Jian Cheng ^d   Long, Hui Ying ^e   Christie, Peter ^a,b,c,f   Li, Long ^a,b,c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

^f AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Interspecific facilitation; Newly reclaimed soil; Phosphorus utilization; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; DESERT SOIL; FACILITATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; MAIZE; NODULATION; RECLAIMED LAND; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL FERTILITY;

RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862828913     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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