Responses to rhizobial inoculation by two promiscuous soybean cultivars in soils of the Southern Guinea savanna zone of Nigeria

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 274-279

  Osunde, A O ^a   Gwam, S ^a   Bala, A ^a   Sanginga, N ^b   Okogun, J A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Inoculation; Maize; Promiscuous soybean; Southern Guinea savanna

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; MAIZE; NODULATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SAVANNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOYBEAN;

NIGERIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GLYCINE MAX; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037985308     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0609-2     Document Type: Article

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