Inoculation of bacillus sphaericus UPMB-10 to young oil palm and measurement of its uptake of fixed nitrogen using the 15n isotope dilution technique

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-262

  Zakry, Fitri Abdul Aziz ^a,b   Shamsuddin, Zulkifli H ^a   Khairuddin, Abdul Rahim ^c   Zin, Zawawi Zakaria ^d   Anuar, Abdul Rahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE   (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

^d MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

15N isotope dilution; Biological nitrogen fixation; Elaeis guineensis jacq.; Inoculation; Pgpr

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARECACEAE; BACILLUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION;

EID: 84867876365     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11309     Document Type: Article

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