Nitrogen accumulation and nodule activity of field-grown 'Jackson' soybean in response to water deficits

Field Crops Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-116

  Serraj, Rachid ^a,d   Bona, Stefano ^b   Purcell, Larry C ^c   Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Glycine max; Nitrogen fixation; Soybean

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030743798     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)01068-4     Document Type: Article

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