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Limiting Factors in Grass Nitrogen Fixation

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Limitations and Potentials for Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Tropics

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Demonstration of nitrogen fixation by bacteria associated with the roots of grasses was achieved only recently by PARKER (1957) about a Lolium rigidum cover, YANAGISAWA and TAGAHASHI (1964) then YOSHIDA (1968) in rice fields, DAY et al. (1973) in a temperate fallow at Rothamsted Experimental Station. These studies were conducted using the nitrogen budget method over one to fifty year periods owing to the low sensitivity of the method and the relatively low activity of grass rhizospheres.

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  1. Centre de Pédologie C.N.R.S., B.P.5, 54500, Vandoeuvre, France

    J. Balandreau, P. Ducerf, Pierrette Weinhard & Y. Dommergues

  2. Département de Botanique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Damas, Syrie

    Ibtissam Hamad-Fares

  3. Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols, ORSTROM, B.P. 1386, Dakar, Sénégal

    G. Rinaudo & Y. Dommergues

  4. Centre National de Recherches Forestières, 54280, Champenoux, Seichamps, France

    C. Millier

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Balandreau, J. et al. (1978). Limiting Factors in Grass Nitrogen Fixation. In: Döbereiner, J., Burris, R.H., Hollaender, A., Franco, A.A., Neyra, C.A., Scott, D.B. (eds) Limitations and Potentials for Biological Nitrogen Fixation in the Tropics. Basic Life Sciences, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8957-0_20

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