Improving dryland maize productivity and water efficiency with heterotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria via nitrification and cytokinin activity

A two-year field experiment conducted under dryland conditions in semi-humid and drought-prone regions of China aimed to assess the effect of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial on maize water use efficiency and yield. A heterotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (HAOB) strain S2_8_1 was used. Six treatments...

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Main Authors: Xiaoling Wang, Jiawei Cao, Runhong Sun, Wei Liu, Lin Qi, Peng Song, Shenjiao Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2024-06-01
Series:Crop Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514124000850