Root nodule bacteria and symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 379-397

  Prevost, D ^a   Antoun, H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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