The effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on germination, seedling growth and yield of maize

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 19-24

  Gholami, A ^a   Shahsavani, S ^a   Nezarat, S ^a  

^a SHAHROOD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Biofertilizer; Maize; PGPR; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM; BIOFERTILIZER; MAIZE; PGPR; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 76449109853     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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