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Foliar Spray of Urea and Rhizosphere Microflora of Corn ( Zea mays L.)
Author(s) -
Annapurna Y.,
Rao P. Raghuveer
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1983.tb00032.x
Subject(s) - rhizosphere , biology , zea mays , urea , flora (microbiology) , poaceae , bacteria , agronomy , botany , biochemistry , genetics
Foliar application of urea to corn seedlings resulted in the preferential stimulation of gram negative bacteria with consequent reduction in fungal and actinomycete flora in the rhizosphere. The significance of this finding is briefly discussed.