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Tesfai, K., Mallik, M.A.B. Effect of fungicide application on soybean-rhizobia symbiosis and isolation of fungicide-resistant strains ofRhizobia japonicum . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36, 819–826 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623589
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