Active n2 fixation in several faidherbia albida provenances

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-70

  Gueye, M ^a   Ndoye, I ^b   Dianda, M ^c   Danso, S K A ^d   Dreyfus, B ^a  

^a Institut Senegalais de Recherches AgrEcoles Dakar   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c IRBET ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

15N; Bradyrhizobium symbiosis; Faidherbia albida provenances; Isotope dilution; N2 fixation; Parkia biglobosa; Reference tree; Semiarid lands

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FIXATION;

SENEGAL;

FABACEAE; FAIDHERBIA ALBIDA;

EID: 0030616573     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324989709381459     Document Type: Article

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