Polyvirulent rhizobiophage from a soybean rhizosphere soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2171-2175

  Ali, F S ^a   Loynachan, T E ^b   Hammad, A M M ^a   Aharchi, Y ^b  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHIZOSPHERE; SOYBEAN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032401802     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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