Measuring symbiotic nitrogen fixation by legumes

Nitrogen Fixation in Crop Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 125-170

  Peoples, Mark B ^a   Unkovich, Murray J ^b   Herridge, David F ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen; Field grown legumes; Isotopic fractionation; Nitrogen balance principles; Nitrogen difference principles; Nitrogen 15 based methodologies; Nitrogenase activity; Soil nitrogen; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102913253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr52.c6     Document Type: Chapter

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