Studies on seed-borne fungi of wheat in Sindh province and their effect on seed germination

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Rajput, M Aslam ^a   Pathan, Mumtaz A ^b   Mubeen Lodhi, A ^c   Shah, G Sarwar ^b   Khanzada, Khalil A ^d  

^a National Sugar Crops Research Institute Thatta   (Pakistan)

^b SINDH AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^d Crop Disease Research Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; STEMPHYLIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 18944397609     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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