Effects of the commercial product based on Trichoderma harzianum on plant, bulb and yield characteristics of onion

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-222

  Altintas, Sureyya ^a   Bal, Ugur ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Growth and yield promotion

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HARVESTING; VEGETABLE;

ALLIUM CEPA; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 40649104323     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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