Evaluation of N2-fixation measured by the 15N-dilution and N-difference methods in Nicaraguan and Ecuadorian Phaseolus vulgaris L. plants inoculated with Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-80

  Valverde, Gustavo ^a   Otabbong, Erasmus ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Agraria   (Nicaragua)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dry matter yield; Field experiment; N yield; Pot experiment

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM PHASEOLI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030687557     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064719709362443     Document Type: Article

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