Environmental factors affecting N2 fixation in grain legumes in the tropics, with an emphasis on Brazil

Field Crops Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 151-164

  Hungria, Mariangela ^a   Vargas, Milton A T ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Drought; Nitrogen fixation; Rhizobium; Soil acidity; Temperature stress

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0034013578     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00084-2     Document Type: Article

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