Occurrence of Azospirillum and Azotobacter and Potential Nitrogenase Activity in Danish Agricultural Soils under Continuous Barley Cultivation

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 433-437

  Idris, Mohammad ^a   Memon, G H ^a   Vinther, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0043210166     PISSN: 00015121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015128109435724     Document Type: Article

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