African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6860

Full Length Research Paper

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation and nitrogen budget of Brazilian soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merril] varieties introduced in Benin using 15N isotopic dilution method

Charlotte C. ZOUNDJI
  • Charlotte C. ZOUNDJI
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols et d’Ecologie Microbienne/Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques/UAC (LMSEM/FSA), Campus d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Pascal HOUNGNANDAN
  • Pascal HOUNGNANDAN
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols et d’Ecologie Microbienne/Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques/UAC (LMSEM/FSA), Campus d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Félix A. KOUELO
  • Félix A. KOUELO
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols et d’Ecologie Microbienne/Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques/UAC (LMSEM/FSA), Campus d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Frechno E. BOKO
  • Frechno E. BOKO
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Sols et d’Ecologie Microbienne/Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques/UAC (LMSEM/FSA), Campus d’Abomey-Calavi, 01 BP 526 Cotonou, Bénin.
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Joseph J. ADU-GYAMFI
  • Joseph J. ADU-GYAMFI
  • Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition Laboratory (SWMCNL) at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna International Centre, P. O. Box, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
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  •  Received: 03 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 09 December 2015
  •  Published: 07 January 2016

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