Screening and Selection of Maize to Enhance Associative Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 70 (5), 1564-1567
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.70.5.1564
Abstract
The ability of maize (corn, Zea mays L.) to support bacterial nitrogen fixation in or on maize roots has been increased, through screening and selection. Isotopic N fixed from 15N2 was found on the roots. The nitrogen-fixing association was found in germplasm from tropical maize, but this activity can be transferred to maize currently used in midwestern United States agriculture.Keywords
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