Models of biological nitrogen fixation of legumes

Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 883-905

  Liu, Yanyan ^a,b   Wu, Lianhai ^b,c   Baddeley, John A ^b   Watson, Christine A ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Legume; Nitrogen fixation; Review; Simulation; Soil mineral nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856181947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0394-0_39     Document Type: Chapter

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