Nitrogen-fixing leguminosaenodulating bacteria

A Handbook of Tropical Soil Biology: Sampling and Characterization of Below-ground Biodiversity

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 107-130

  Moreira, Fátima M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

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