Variation in nitrogen fixation and yield in landraces of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Kishinevsky, B D ^a   Zur, M ^a   Friedman, Y ^a   Meromi, G ^a   Ben Moshe, E ^a   Nemas, Chaya ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bambara groundnut; Bradyrhizobium; Inoculation; N2 fixation; Vigna subterranea L.

Indexed keywords

VIGNA SUBTERRANEA; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; FABACEAE;

BAMBARA GROUNDNUT; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; YIELD;

MALAWI;

EID: 0030222639     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(96)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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