Influence of mycorrhizal fungi and water stress on growth and yield of two onion cultivars

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 206-214

  Al Karaki, Ghazi ^a,b   Abu Qobah, Nehad ^a   Othman, Yahia ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Arid region; Nutrition; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FUNGI; MINERALS; NUTRITION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER;

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; ARID REGION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FUNGUS; FURROW IRRIGATION; GROWTH RATE; INOCULATION; NUTRITION; WATER STRESS;

ALLIUM CEPA; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS MOSSEAE;

EID: 34547160231     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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