Screening and selection of most potent diazotrophic cyanobacterial isolate exhibiting natural tolerance to rice field herbicides for exploitation as biofertilizer

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Singh, Surendra ^a   Datta, Pallavi ^a  

^a RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RICE;

AGRICULTURE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FERTILIZERS; HERBICIDES; ORYZA SATIVA;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; APHANOCAPSA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOCAPSA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC CALCICOLA; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 33745161504     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200510074     Document Type: Article

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