Synergistic effect of combined application of Azospirillum and Pseudomonas fluorescens with inorganic fertilizers on root rot incidence and yield of cotton

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-577

  Marimuthu, S ^a   Subbian, P ^a   Ramamoorthy, V ^a   Samiyappan, R ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Cotton; Interaction effects; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Rhizosphere colonization; Root rot

Indexed keywords

BIOPESTICIDE; COTTON; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ROOT ROT;

AZOSPIRILLUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA BATATICOLA;

EID: 0036868080     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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