Effects of super absorbent polymer and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on yield and yield components of maize under drought stress and normal conditions

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4471-4476

  Moslemi, Zahra ^a   Habibi, Davood ^a   Asgharzadeh, Ahmad ^b   Ardakani, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mohammadi, Abdollah ^a   Sakari, Azam ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Soil and Water Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Growth promoting rhizobacteria and drought stress; Super absorbent polymer

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHIZOBIALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053066218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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