| diversity of azospirillum strains isolated from rice plants grown in saline and nonsaline sites of coastal agricultural ecosystem. | the diversity of indigenous azospirillum spp. associated with rice cultivated along the coastline of tamil nadu was analyzed. twelve sites with varying soil characteristics such as salinity, texture, and the host variety were chosen. of the 402 strains isolated using nfb media, 302 were confirmed to be azospirillum spp. and subjected to dna polymorphism analysis using pcr-rflp of 16s rdna. they were also screened for their salt tolerance and microaerobic n2-fixing-dependent growth. on species id ... | 2002 | 12209252 |