Enhanced competitiveness of a bradyrhizobium japonicum mutant strain improved for nodulation and nitrogen fixation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Kuykendall, L D ^a   Hashem, F M ^a   Hunter, W J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

competitiveness; inoculant; nitrogen fixation; nodulation; soybean; yield

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030448517     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00035065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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