Association of fungi, bacteria and actinomycetes with different composts

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2141-2151

  Ashraf, Rabia ^a   Shahid, Faiza ^a   Ali, Tasneem Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; COCCIDIOIDES; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; FUNGI; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; HYPHOMYCETES; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROCOCCUS; MONILIA; MUCOR; NOCARDIA; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; SACCHARUM; SCEDOSPORIUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 46749131931     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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