Growth promotion of apple seedlings by plant growth promoting rhizobacterium (Bacillus megaterium)

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 696, Issue , 2005, Pages 157-162

  Shirkot, C K ^a   Sharma, Naresh ^a  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

Apple; Bacillus megaterium; Biomass; PGPR

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953442293     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.696.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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