Plant growth-promoting bacteria as biofertilizer

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Hafeez, Fauzia Y ^a   Yasmin, Sumera ^a   Ariani, Dini ^b   Mehboob ur Rahman, ^a   Zafar, Yusuf ^a   Malik, Kauser A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; RAPD; Rhizobacteria

Indexed keywords

BIOFERTILIZER; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; RICE; WHEAT;

ASIA; BRAZIL; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; MONGOLIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745823479     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2006007     Document Type: Article

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