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During the past twenty years, the FAO/IAEA has conducted a series of Co-ordinated Research Programmes to test and further develop the 15N isotope dilution method for quantification of biological nitrogen fixation and to enhance N2 fixation in leguminous crops. The programme, which is reported in this present volume, is the latest in this series. It concentrated on the use of molecular biology in microbial ecology, in particular the development of molecular methods for the identification of rhizobial strains, their classification and the use of these methods to study the interaction between strains in the soil as well as their competitive ability in nodule formation.
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Hardarson, G., Broughton, W.J. (1998). FAO/IAEA co-ordinated research programme on enhancement of nitrogen fixation in leguminous crops. In: Hardarson, G., Broughton, W.J. (eds) Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Soil. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 83. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2321-3_16
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