African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 808

Full Length Research Paper

Response of Sesbania (Sesbania sesban L. Merr.) to inoculation with indigenous isolates of Rhizobium strains

Endalkachew Wolde-meskel
  • Endalkachew Wolde-meskel
  • International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Elias Dogiso Dagne
  • Elias Dogiso Dagne
  • Sidama Zone Bureau of Agriculture, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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Wassie Haile
  • Wassie Haile
  • College of Agriculture, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 02 March 2016
  •  Accepted: 05 May 2016
  •  Published: 31 July 2016

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