Colonization and Nitrogen-Fixing Ability of Herbaspirillum sp. Strain B501 gfp1 and Assessment of its Growth-Promoting Ability in Cultivated Rice

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Zakria, Muhammad ^a   Njoloma, Joyce ^a   Saeki, Yuichi ^a   Akao, Shoichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endophytic colonization; Herbaspirillum sp. strain B501 gfp1; Inoculation; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903302484     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.22.197     Document Type: Article

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