Effects of soil amendment with crab shell on the growth and nodulation of soybean plants (Glycine max Merr.)

Plant Production Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-125

  Ali, Muhammad ^a   Horiuchi, Takatsugu ^a   Miyagawa, Shuichi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crab shell; Nitrogen fixation; Nodulation; Soil chemical properties; Soybean

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644446368     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.1.119     Document Type: Article

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