Dehydrogenase activity and VAM fungi in tree-rhizosphere of agroforestry systems in Indian arid zone

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-223

  Prasad, Rajendra ^a   Mertia, R S ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acacia nilotica; Azadirachta indica; Prosopis cineraria; Soil enzyme; Tree selection; VAM fungi

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA NILOTICA; ACACIA TORTILIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CATHA; CATHA EDULIS; CINERARIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUNGI; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS CINERARIA;

EID: 12544250626     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-004-0536-8     Document Type: Article

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