Analysis of mines and contaminated agricultural soil samples for fungal diversity and tolerance to heavy metals

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 885-895

  Iram, Shazia ^a   Ahmad, Iftikhar ^b   Stuben, Doris ^c  

^a FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ACREMONIUM SP.; ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS SP.; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM SP.; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHAETOMIUM; CONIOTHYRIUM; CURVULARIA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; HUMICOLA; MONILIA; MONOCILLIUM; MORTIERELLA;

EID: 77949700972     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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