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African Journal of Range & Forage Science Volume 12, 1995 - Issue 1
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Research Note: The use of Lolium multiflorum and uninoculated Trifolium subterraneum as reference crops in nitrogen fixation studies

M. Trytsman Range and Forage Institute, Agricultural Research Council, Private Bag X05, Lynn East, 0039, Republic of South Africa
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W.D. Stock Department of Botany, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7700, Republic of South Africa
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C.J. Otto Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Council, Private Bag X134, Pretoria, 0001, Republic of South Africa
Pages 46-48 | Received 01 Sep 1994, Accepted 02 Apr 1995, Published online: 29 Oct 2010

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