Airborne fungal flora of Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1421-1428

  Rao, Toqeer Ahmed ^a   Shaikh, Abdul Hakeem ^a   Ahmed, Moinuddin ^a  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS CANDIDUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS WENTII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CURVULARIA; CURVULARIA CLAVATA; DRECHSLERA DEMATIOIDEA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 68949177241     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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