Growth promoting activities of different rhizobium spp., in wheat

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1643-1650

  Mehboob, Ijaz ^a   Zahir, Zahir Ahmad ^a   Arshad, Muhammad ^a   Tanveer, Asif ^a   Farooq E Azam, ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Nuclear Institute for Food   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICER ARIETINUM; LENS CULINARIS; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79959682341     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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