Endophytic fungi associated with the tropical seagrass Halophila ovalis (Hydrocharitaceae)

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-74

  Devarajan, P T ^a   Suryanarayanan, T S ^a   Geetha, V ^b  

^a Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College   (India)

^b BHARATHI WOMEN S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fungal endophyte; Halophila; Seagrass; Tropical endophytes

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HYDROCHARITACEAE;

EID: 0041945430     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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