Utilization of banana agricultural waste: Production of cellulases by soil fungi

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-176

  Baig, M M V ^a   Mane, V P ^a   More, D R ^b   Shinde, L P ^c   Baig, M I A ^d  

^a SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^b LBS College   (India)

^c Shri Shivaji College   (India)

^d MARATHWADA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Banana plant waste; Cellulases; Trichoderma lignorum

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBON; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULASE; GLUCOSIDASE; HEMICELLULOSE; PEPTONE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME; FUNGUS; PLANT RESIDUE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BANANA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOME; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LIGNORUM;

INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

FUNGI; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LIGNORUM; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0037396971     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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