Growth temperature characteristics of indigenous Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium isolates from Zimbabwean soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1537-1539

  Mpepereki, S ^a   Wollum, A G ^b   Makonese, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030265469     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00140-X     Document Type: Article

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