Assessment of N 2 fixation in 32 cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) genotypes grown in the field at Taung in South Africa, using 15N natural abundance

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 55, 2011, Pages 11450-11458

  Belane, Alphonsus K ^a   Asiwe, Joseph ^b   Dakora, Felix D ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Grain Crop Research Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cowpea varieties; N nutrition; N fixed; Symbiotic performance

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COWPEA; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; GRAIN YIELD; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SHOOT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBIOSIS;

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 80053055616     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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