Biological nitrogen fixation in Crotalaria species estimated using the 15N isotope dilution method

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-44

  Samba, R T ^a   Sylla, S N ^a,b   Neyra, M ^a   Gueye, M ^a   Dreyfus, B ^c   Ndoye, I ^a,b  

^a Centre IRD de Bel Air   (Senegal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

Author keywords

15N; Crotalaria spp; Isotope dilution; Nitrogen fixation; Reference plant

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA OCHROLEUCA; CROTALARIA PERROTTETII; CROTALARIA RETUSA; DILUTION; DRY WEIGHT; GREENHOUSE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SENEGAL; SENNA; SOIL; SPECIES COMPARISON;

CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA OCHROLEUCA; CROTALARIA PERROTTETII; CROTALARIA RETUSA; RETUSA; SENNA; SENNA OBTUSIFOLIA; SENNA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 3242669562     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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