Mycoflora associated with seeds of different sunflower cultivars and its management

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 435-445

  Afzal, Rukhsana ^a   Mughal, S M ^a   Munir, Mubashrah ^a   Sultana, Kishwar ^a   Qureshi, Rehmatullah ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Laghari, M K ^b  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATUS; DRECHSLERA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HELIANTHUS; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; MUCOR; MUCOR MUCEDO; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPUS;

EID: 77949687386     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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