Large-scale assessment of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation by crops: Soybean and alfalfa in the Mississippi River Basin

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1754-1760

  Russelle, Michael P ^a   Birr, Adam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN;

CROP YIELDS; HYPOXIA; MINERALIZATION;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 9944235032     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.1754     Document Type: Article

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