Mineral Nutrition of Plants as Related to Microbial Activities in Soils

Metabolic Activity of Bacterial Isolates From Wheat Rhizosphere and Control Soil

“…The presence of such an active microbial population at the root-soil interface may be of great significance to the growing plant (Katznelson et al, 1948;Clark, 1949;Wadleigh, 1954). The effects may be direct or indirect, harmful or beneficial.…”