Persistence and effectiveness of rhizobia nodulating promiscuous soybeans in moist savanna zones of Nigeria

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-224

  Sanginga, N ^a,c   Abaidoo, R ^b   Dashiell, K ^a   Carsky, R J ^a   Okogun, A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b University of Hawaii NifTAL Project   (United States)

^c Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobia; Guinea savanna; Indigenous rhizobia; Inoculation; Most probable number; Promiscuous nodulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000954083     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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