The endophytic mycoflora of bark, leaf, and stem tissues of Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Neem) from Varanasi (India)

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Verma, V C ^a   Gond, S K ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Kharwar, R N ^a   Strobel, Gary ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BARK; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGUS; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM;

AZADIRACHTA; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; INDIA; PLANT BARK; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; COELOMYCETES; DRECHSLERA; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; MYCELIA STERILIA; MYCELIUM (GENUS); PERICONIA; PESTALOTIOPSIS SP.; PHOMOPSIS OBLONGA; STENELLA (FUNGUS); TRICHODERMA;

EID: 34447121502     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-006-9179-9     Document Type: Article

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