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Symbiotic effectiveness in nodulated red clover V. The n and d factors for ineffectiveness
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Symbiotic effectiveness in nodulated red clover V. The n and d factors for ineffectiveness

  • P S Nutman1 

Heredity volume 23, pages 537–551 (1968)Cite this article

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Nutman, P. Symbiotic effectiveness in nodulated red clover V. The n and d factors for ineffectiveness. Heredity 23, 537–551 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1968.72

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