Growth stimulation effects of smoke-water and vermicompost leachate on greenhouse grown-tissue-cultured 'Williams' bananas

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-118

  Aremu, Adeyemi O ^a   Kulkarni, Manoj G ^a   Bairu, Michael W ^a   Finnie, Jeffrey F ^a   van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food security; Micropropagation; Musa spp.; Organic fertilizers; Phytonutrient; Smoke solutions

Indexed keywords

MUSA;

EID: 84856707488     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-011-9634-6     Document Type: Article

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