Fungal tolerance to heavy metals

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2583-2594

  Iram, Shazia ^a   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^b   Javed, Barira ^a   Yaqoob, Saeeda ^a   Akhtar, Kulsoom ^a   Kazmi, Munawar Raza ^b   Badar uz Zaman, ^b  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SP.; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 70849110559     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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