Evaluating N2 fixation by food grain legumes in farmers' fields in three agro-ecological zones of Zambia, using 15N natural abundance

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-470

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ndfa; 15N values; Bambara groundnut; Common bean; Cowpea; Groundnut; N fixed; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIONT;

ZAMBIA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BAMBARA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VIGNA SUBTERRANEA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 77952668615     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0451-2     Document Type: Article

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