Colonisation of phase II compost by biotypes of Trichoderma harzianum and their effect on mushroom yield and quality

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 572-578

  Sharma, H S S ^a,b   Kilpatrick, M ^b   Ward, F ^b   Lyons, G ^b   Burns, L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; FERMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; MOULD; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0033029411     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051434     Document Type: Article

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