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Nitrogen fixation by legumes in the tropics

D. R. Bouldin, S. K. Mughogho, D.J. Lathwel, T. W. Scott

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Cultivated plants continuously require nitrogen. This nitrogen is ordinarily supplied by mineralization of native soil nitrogen, but in sometimes supplemented by fertilizer nitrogen in the case of non-legumes or by these two sources plus dinitrogen fixation in the case of legumes...

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Cultivated plants continuously require nitrogen. This nitrogen is ordinarily supplied by mineralization of native soil nitrogen, but in sometimes supplemented by fertilizer nitrogen in the case of non-legumes or by these two sources plus dinitrogen fixation in the case of legumes...

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Cultivated plants continuously require nitrogen. This nitrogen is ordinarily supplied by mineralization of native soil nitrogen, but in sometimes supplemented by fertilizer nitrogen in the case of non-legumes or by these two sources plus dinitrogen fixation in the case of legumes...

Key concepts: Nitrogen fixation, Nitrogen, Tropics, Mineralization (soil science), Agronomy, Nitrogen cycle, Environmental science, Fertilizer

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