The current and potential contribution of asymbiotic nitrogen fixation to nitrogen requirements on farms: a review

IR Kennedy, N Islam - Australian journal of experimental …, 2001 - CSIRO Publishing
Significant levels of biological nitrogen fixation from sources other than nodulated legumes
have become a tantalizing prospect for decades. Since the benefit to agriculture of nitrogen …

Non-symbiotic bacterial diazotrophs in crop-farming systems: can their potential for plant growth promotion be better exploited?

IR Kennedy, A Choudhury, ML Kecskés - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2004 - Elsevier
Biological N2 fixation (BNF) by associative diazotrophic bacteria is a spontaneous process
where soil N is limited and adequate C sources are available. Yet the ability of these …

The strategic role of 15N in quantifying the contribution of endophytic N2 fixation to the N nutrition of non-legumes

PM Chalk - Symbiosis, 2016 - Springer
Methods based on the use of the stable isotope 15 N have been used to confirm active
endophytic biological N 2 fixation (BNF) in non-legumes, to obtain quantitative estimates of …

Plant genotype and nitrogen fertilization effects on abundance and diversity of diazotrophic bacteria associated with maize (Zea mays L.)

A Rodríguez-Blanco, M Sicardi, L Frioni - Biology and fertility of soils, 2015 - Springer
This research has investigated the effect of two genotypes of maize (Zea mays L.) on the
number and diversity of diazotrophic bacteria under different N-fertilization rates. Cultivars …

[PDF][PDF] Use of plant growth promoting bacteria in banana: a new insight for sustainable banana production.

MA Baset Mia, ZH Shamsuddin, MM Maziah Mahmood - 2010 - core.ac.uk
Banana, an important fruit crop, requires high amounts of chemical fertilizers for commercial
cultivation, which is costly and can be hazardous to the environment, when used …

Rhizobacteria as bioenhancer and biofertilizer for growth and yield of banana (Musa spp. cv.'Berangan')

MAB Mia, ZH Shamsuddin, Z Wahab, M Marziah - Scientia horticulturae, 2010 - Elsevier
Banana, an important fruit crop, requires high amounts of fertilizers for commercial
cultivation, which is costly and can be hazardous to the environment when used excessively …

Rhizosphere bacteria for crop production and improvement of stress tolerance: mechanisms of action, applications, and future prospects

SM Nadeem, M Naveed, M Ahmad, ZA Zahir - Plant microbes symbiosis …, 2015 - Springer
Rhizosphere bacteria associated with plant roots can enhance crop productivity through a
number of direct and indirect mechanisms. These beneficial bacteria attracted the scientists …

The effect of rhizobacterial inoculation on growth and nutrient accumulation of tissue-cultured banana plantlets under low N-fertilizer regime

MAB Mia, ZH Shamsuddin, Z Wahab… - African journal of …, 2009 - ajol.info
Banana, an important fruit crop, requires high amounts of N-fertilizers for commercial
cultivation. This, however, is costly and can be hazardous to the soil environment when used …

Plant-associated bacteria in nitrogen nutrition in crops, with special reference to rice and banana

MAB Mia, MM Hossain, ZH Shamsuddin… - Bacteria in agrobiology …, 2013 - Springer
Associative and endophytic bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen (diazotrophs) are
promising alternatives to synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers. Application of those diazotrophic …

Significance ofHerbaspirillum seropedicae inoculation and/or straw amendment on growth and dinitrogen fixation of wheat using15N-dilution method

HMA El-Komy, OAO Saad, AMA Hetta - Folia microbiologica, 2003 - Springer
The effect of Herbaspirillum seropedicae inoculation and/or maize straw (0, 5 and 10 Mg/hm
2) amendment on the growth and N 2 fixation of wheat was determined in pot experiments …