Isolation of cold tolerant antifungal strains of Trichoderma sp. from glacial sites of Indian Himalayan Region

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 559-564

  Ghildiyal, A ^a   Pandey, Anita ^a  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Cold tolerance; Indian Himalayan Region (IHR); Trichoderma sp.

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 57749111503     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2008.559.564     Document Type: Article

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