Inhibitory activity of pine needle tannin extracts on some agriculturally resourceful microbes

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-270

  Selvakumar, G ^a   Saha, Supradip ^a   Kundu, S ^a  

^a VPKAS   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Inhibitory activity; Microbial inoculants; Pine needle; Tannin

Indexed keywords

AZOTOBACTER; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS HALODURANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLEUROTUS; PLEUROTUS DJAMOR; RHIZOBIUM; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 35548952216     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-007-0049-z     Document Type: Article

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