Rhizobial association with non-legumes: Mechanisms and applications

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 432-456

  Mehboob, Ijaz ^a   Naveed, Muhammad ^a   Zahir, Zahir Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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FABACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 77449105647     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680903187753     Document Type: Article

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