African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6863

Full Length Research Paper

Pod quality of snap bean as affected by Nitrogen fixation, cultivar and climate zone under dryland agriculture

Hussien Mohammed Beshir
  • Hussien Mohammed Beshir
  • Crop Development Centre/Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8 Canada.
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Bizuayehu Tesfaye
  • Bizuayehu Tesfaye
  • Crop Development Centre/Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8 Canada.
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Rosalind Bueckert
  • Rosalind Bueckert
  • Crop Development Centre/Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8 Canada.
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Bunyamin Taran
  • Bunyamin Taran
  • Crop Development Centre/Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5A8 Canada.
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  •  Received: 15 May 2015
  •  Accepted: 16 July 2015
  •  Published: 06 August 2015

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