Improvement of wheat and maize crops by inoculating Aspergillus spp. in alkaline soil fertilized with rock phosphate

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 535-546

  Singh, Himani ^a   Reddy, Sudhakara M ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A. niger; Aspergillus tubingensis; fertilizer value; inorganic P; nutrient uptake

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859604310     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2010.532125     Document Type: Article

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