Symbiotic functioning and bradyrhizobial biodiversity of cowpea (<it>Vigna unguiculata </it>L. Walp.) in Africa

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cowpea is the most important food grain legume in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, no study has so far assessed rhizobial biodiversity and/or nodule functioning in relation to strain IGS types at the continent level. In this study, 9 cow...

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Main Authors: Dakora Felix D, Krasova-Wade Tatiana, Belane Alphonsus K, Pule-Meulenberg Flora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/89