Screening of AM fungi and Azotobacter chroococcum under natural, solarization, chemical sterilization and moisture conservation practices for commercial mango nursery production in north-west Himalayas

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 506-514

  Sharma, Som Dev ^a   Kumar, Pramod ^a   Bhardwaj, Satish Kumar ^a  

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

Author keywords

Black plastic mulch; Disinfectant; Glomus fasciculatum; Solarization

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; COVER CROP; FRUIT PRODUCTION; FUNGUS; MANURE; MULCHING; PHOSPHORUS; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEEDLING; ZINC;

ARBUSCULAR; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; FUNGI; GLOMUS; GLOMUS FASCICULATUM; GLOMUS MOSSEAE;

EID: 79953315665     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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