The role of diazotrophic bacteria in the nitrogen nutrition of sugarcane in Mauritius: preliminary results

Code (CO)	MSI03P3909
Author (AU)	Moutia, J-F Y Umrit, G Saumtally, A S Ng Kee Kwong, K F
Title - English (ET)	The role of diazotrophic bacteria in the nitrogen nutrition of sugarcane in Mauritius: preliminary results
Thesis-Parent title (TH)	Lalouette, J. A., Bachraz, D. Y., Bheenick, K. J.(eds), Proceedings Sixth Meeting of Agricultural Scientists, Boname Hall, MSIRI, Réduit, Mauritius, 8-9 May 2003. Réduit: Food and Agricultural Research Council. 340 p.
Meeting (MT)	6th AMAS, Boname Hall, Reduit, 8-9 May 2003
Document Type(DT)	book chapter
Date of publication (DP)	2004
Source (SO)	p. 29-39
Publisher (PB)	Reduit: Food and Agricultural Research Council
Notes (NO)	Also published in Revue agric. sucr. Ile Maurice 83(2&3), 2004: 26-34
Language of text (LT)	En
Language of summaries (LS)	En
Abstract (AB)	Research has been initiated at MSIRI to investigate means of reducing the dependence of the sugar industry on inorganic fertilizers especially nitrogen. In that context, the contribution of biological nitrogen fixation is being examined. Attempts have been made to isolate bacterial species involved in this process. Preliminary findings are presented on the isolation, distribution and characterisation of two important diazotrophic bacteria namely Herbaspirillum and Gluconacetobacter spp known to be involved in N-fixation in several sugar cane producing countries. Herbaspirillum spp have been found to be widely distributed and more frequently encountered compared to Gluconacetobacter spp which were restricted to abandoned fields. The potential of the isolates collected, to fix nitrogen, has been gauged by the acetylene reduction assay (ARA) and results showing they have the ability to fix nitrogen are encouraging.
Descriptors - English (DE)	sugarcane nitrogen fixation Plant nutrition Biological nitrogen fixation Nitrogen fertilizers Herbaspirillum Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus acetylene reduction assay Diazotrophic bacteria
Descriptors - Geographic (DG)	Mauritius
Sort Key 1(K1)	Sugarcane: Soils and plant nutrition
Sort Key 2 (K2)	Cane growth and nutrition: Biological Fertilization: Nitrogen fixation
Date record entered (DA)	2003-05-09
Language of analysis (LA)	En
Affiliation (AF)	MSIRI
Location (LO)	LIB
Processing status (PS)	cat
Number of copies (NC)	1
MSIRI Staff (MS)	PATH chem