Nitrogen-fixing Leguminosae-nodulating Bacteria

Soil Biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 237-270

  Moreira, F M S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

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