Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis and Rhizobium meliloti with nursery fertilizers in the control of root infecting fungi on mung bean and okra plants

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 465-473

  Sheikh, Lubna Irshad ^a   Dawar, Shahnaz ^a   Zaki, M J ^a   Ghaffar, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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ABELMOSCHUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 33845348594     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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