Potential for enhancing lentil (Lens culinaris) productivity by co-inoculation with PSB, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and Rhizobium

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 932-934

  Khanna, Veena ^a,b   Sharma, Poonam ^a,b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Phosphorus solubilising bacteria; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Synergism

Indexed keywords

EID: 83155182166     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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