Appraisal of the 15N-isotope dilution and 15N natural abundance methods for quantifying nitrogen fixation by flood-tolerant green manure legumes

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1210-1214

  Somado, Eklou A ^a   Kuehne, Ronald F ^b  

^a AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N natural abundance; 15N isotope dilution; Aeschynomene afraspera; Biological nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

GREEN MANURE; NITROGEN 15; PHOSPHORUS;

AESCHYNOMENE AFRASPERA; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENT; FLOODING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LEGUME; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN 15 ISOTOPE DILUTION; NITROGEN 15 NATURAL ABUNDANCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; RICE;

AESCHYNOMENE AFRASPERA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33745266093     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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