Nature farming with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae in bangladesh

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 303-312

  Mridha, Md Amin U ^a   Xu, Hui Lian ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering   (Bangladesh)

^b International Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh agriculture; Nature farming; Vam; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033819703     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v03n01_25     Document Type: Article

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