Significance of micro-organisms in afforestation programmes in arid zone

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-346

  Rao, A V ^a   Tarafdar, J C ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Arid zone; N fixation; Rhizobium; VAM fungi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032245743     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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