Symbiotic N2-fixation in tropical legume species growing at high geographic elevation

Symbiosis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-60

  Izaguirre Mayoral, Maria Luisa ^a   Vivas, Ana Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

elevation; native legumes; Symbiotic N2 fixation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029747219     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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