Switchgrass Field Performance on Two Soils as Affected by Bacterization of Seedlings with Burkholderia phytofirmans Strain PsJN

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 440-449

  Lowman, J Scott ^a,b   Lava Chavez, Alejandra ^b   Kim Dura, Seonhwa ^b   Flinn, Barry ^a,b   Nowak, Jerzy ^a   Mei, Chuansheng ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Advanced Learning and Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crop; Burkholderia phytofirmans strain PsJN; Field studies; Growth promotion; Marginal lands; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS;

BIOENERGY CROPS; BURKHOLDERIA; FIELD STUDIES; GROWTH PROMOTION; MARGINAL LANDS; SWITCHGRASS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84925489047     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9536-3     Document Type: Article

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