Growth responses of Desmanthus virgatus to inoculation with Rhizobium strain CB3126. I. A pot trial with 8 clay soils from central and southern Queensland

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-19

  Bahnisch, G A ^b   Date, R A ^a   Brandon, N J ^a   Pittaway, P ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Cunningham Laboratory ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMANTHUS VIRGATUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031828791     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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