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Nitrogen fixation by common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in pure and mixed stands in semi-arid south-east Kenya

Maingi, J.M.; Shisanya, C.A.; Gitonga, Nkanata Mburugu; Hornetz, Berthold (Science Direct, 2001-01)

Research was carried out in the field on the effect of intercropping common bean and maize crops in a semi-arid zone of south-east Kenya over two rainy seasons in 1997. The experimental design was a randomised complete ...

Population Levels of Indigenous Bradyrhizobia Nodulating Promiscuous Soybean in two Kenyan Soils of the Semi-arid and Semi-humid Agroecological Zones

Maingi, J.M.; Gitonga, Nkanata Mburugu; Shisanya, C.A.; Hornetz, Berthold; Muluvi, G. M. (2006)

Soybeans grown in Africa have been selected to nodulate effectively with indigenous Bradyrhizobium spp. populations since Bradyrhizobium japonicum populations are considered absent or in very low numbers in African soils. ...