Diversity and abundance of culturable nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the phyllosphere of maize.
V A J M AbadiMozhgan SepehriH A RahmaniH K DolatabadM ShamshiripourB KhatabiPublished in: Journal of applied microbiology (2021)
This research implies that phyllosphere epiphyte diazotrophs have much to offer in sustainable agriculture and can be an alternative to chemical N-fertilizers for providing nitrogen to crops arid and semi-arid regions.