Competitive interaction among strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli in the nodulation of kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 7-9

  Brown, P D ^a   Ahmad, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Competitive ability; Kidney bean; Nodulation; Pairwise combination; Phaseolus vulgaris; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. phaseoli

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0029786282     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335986     Document Type: Article

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