Selection of diazotrophic bacteria isolated from wastewater treatment plant sludge at a poultry slaughterhouse for their effect on maize plants

ABSTRACT The economic and environmental costs of nitrogen fertilization have intensified the search for technologies that reduce mineral fertilization, for example atmospheric nitrogen-fixing (diazotrophic) bacteria inoculation. In this context, the present study addressed the isolation and quantifi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jorge Avelino Rodriguez Lozada, Klever Cristiano Silveira, Libério Junio da Silva, Marihus Altoé Baldotto, Lílian Estrela Borges Baldotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal De Viçosa
Series:Revista Ceres
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-737X2018000100085&lng=en&tlng=en