African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 809

Full Length Research Paper

Assessment of nodulation of Mucuna pruriens by promiscuous native rhizobia population, Southeast Nigeria

Olusola Abayomi Ojo-Omoniyi*
  • Olusola Abayomi Ojo-Omoniyi*
  • Department of Microbiology, Lagos State University, Badagry Expressway, P.M.B. 1087 Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Esther Adeyinka Okubena-Dipeolu
  • Esther Adeyinka Okubena-Dipeolu
  • Department of Botany, Lagos State University, Badagry Expressway, P.M.B. 1087 Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria.
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Olubunmi Pauline Adejoh
  • Olubunmi Pauline Adejoh
  • Department of Sustainable Forest Management, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, P.M.B. 5054 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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Oluwole Akinwumi Odetunmibi
  • Oluwole Akinwumi Odetunmibi
  • CIS/Department of Mathematics, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 21 August 2014
  •  Accepted: 24 February 2015
  •  Published: 31 March 2015

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