Identifying suitable arable weeds as reference plants for measuring N 2 fixation in grain legumes in Zambia using 15N natural abundance

Symbiosis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-86

  Nyemba, Ronnie C ^a   Dakora, Felix D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; Arable weeds; Grain legumes; Mean 15N values; N2 fixation; Options; Reference plants

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; WEED;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 33244455633     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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