Title | Azotobacter of the Konza Prairie |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Publication | 1973 |
Authors | Harris, JO |
Editor | Hulbert, LC |
Pagination | 53 -54 |
Publisher | Division of Biology Kansas State University |
Conference Location | Manhattan, KS |
Accession Number | KNZ0018 |
Keywords | Azotobacter, prairie |
Abstract | A preliminary study of occurrence of Azotobacter chroococcum was made on Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Geary County, Kansas, an area of native bluestem prairie, as a beginning of a study of nitrogen relationships in bluestem prairie. Azotobacter was abundant in soils near neutrality, and decreased in accundance with increasing acidity, being absent at pH values of 5.80 and below |