Variation in symbiotic effectiveness of cowpea bradyrhizobia indigenous to Ghanaian soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-29

  Fening, J O ^a   Danso, S K A ^b  

^a CSIR Soil Research Institute   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

BNF; Cowpea; Inoculation; Rhizobium; Strain testing; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM SP.; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0036065508     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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