Frankia and rhizobium strains as inoculum for fast growing trees in saline environment

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-182

  Hafeez, Fauzia Y ^a   Sohail Hameed, And ^a   Malik, Kauser A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

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