Azolla filiculoides as a biofertiliser of wheat under dry-land soil conditions

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Ripley, B S ^a   Kiguli, L N ^a   Barker, N P ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DRYLAND FARMING; FERTILIZER; WHEAT;

AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ELODEA; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0842302449     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30317-3     Document Type: Article

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