Evidence of nitrogen fixation in lodgepole pine inoculated with diazotrophic Paenibacillus polymyxa

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 891-896

  Bal, Amandeep ^a   Chanway, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

15N dilution; Inoculation; Nitrogen fixation; Paenibacillus; Pinus contorta

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DYADOBACTER FERMENTANS; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 84865689775     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b2012-044     Document Type: Note

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