High-yielding and quality banana production through plant growth-promoting rhizobacterial inoculation

Fruits

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Mia, Md Abdul Baset ^a   Shamsuddin, Zulkifli H ^b   Wahab, Zakaria ^b   Marziah, Mahmood ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fruit quality; Growth; Malaysia; Musa; Nitrogen fertilizers; Plant nutrition; Yields

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUSA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 26944501183     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2005024     Document Type: Article

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