Time-course of dinitrogen fixation of promiscuous soybean cultivars measured by the isotope dilution method

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-192

  Abaidoo, R C ^a   Dashiell, K E ^b   Sanginga, N ^b,d   Keyser, H H ^c   Singleton, P W ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^d Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobia spp.; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Indigenous bradyrhizobia; Moist savanna; Nodule formation

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOMASS; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; ISOTOPE DILUTION; MATURATION; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; SOYBEAN;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033391225     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050607     Document Type: Article

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