Soil moisture and potassium affect the performance of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in faba bean and common bean

Plant and Soil

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-130

  Sangakkara, U Ravi ^a   Hartwig, Ueli A ^b   Nösberger, Josef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

common bean; faba bean; nodulation; potassium fertilization; symbiotic nitrogen fixation; water stress

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0030473703     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029282     Document Type: Article

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