Contributions of rhizobia to soil nitrogen fertility

Soil Biological Fertility: A Key to Sustainable Land Use in Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-128

  McInnes, Alison ^a,b   Haq, Krystina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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