Journal of
Agricultural Biotechnology and Sustainable Development

  • Abbreviation: J. Agric. Biotech. Sustain. Dev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2340
  • DOI: 10.5897/JABSD
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 144

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Limitations and strategies to enhance biological nitrogen fixation in sub-humid tropics of Western Ethiopia

Alemayehu Dabessa
  • Alemayehu Dabessa
  • Bako Agricultural Research Center/Oromia Agricultural Research Institute P. O. Box 03, Bako, West Shoa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.
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Zerihun Abebe
  • Zerihun Abebe
  • Bako Agricultural Research Center/Oromia Agricultural Research Institute P. O. Box 03, Bako, West Shoa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.
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Solomon Bekele
  • Solomon Bekele
  • Bako Agricultural Research Center/Oromia Agricultural Research Institute P. O. Box 03, Bako, West Shoa, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 13 February 2018
  •  Accepted: 18 April 2018
  •  Published: 31 July 2018

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