Biodiversity of yeast mycoflora in nectar of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis and Ixora coccinea flowers

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1367-1376

  Mushtaq, Muhammad ^a   Ayesha Jamal, ^b   Sharfun Nahar, ^c  

^a Adamjee Govt Science College   (Pakistan)

^b DHA   (Pakistan)

^c Central Plant Quarantine Laboratory CPQL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; IXORA COCCINEA;

EID: 47249101187     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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