Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in eight Acacia senegal provenances in dryland clays of the Blue Nile Sudan estimated by the 15N natural abundance method

Plant and Soil

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 261-269

  Raddad, El Amin Yousif ^a   Salih, Ahmed Ali ^b   Fadl, Mohamed Ahmed El ^a   Kaarakka, Vesa ^a   Luukkanen, Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Nathl Cent for Research   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Acacia senegal; Agroforestry; Balanites aegyptiaca; Gum belt; N2 fixing species; Ndfa; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AGROFORESTRY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROVENANCE; SYMBIOSIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 27944442042     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-2152-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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