Comparative effectiveness of Enterobacter aerogenes and Pseudomonas fluorescens for mitigating the depressing effect of brackish water on maize

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-344

  Zahir, Zahir A ^a   Akhtar, Saqib Saleem ^a   Ahmad, Maqshoof ^c   Saifullah, ^a   Nadeem, Sajid Mehmood ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b College of Agriculture DG Khan ^*  (Pakistan)

^c THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ACC deaminase; Brackish water; Maize; PGPR; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862734988     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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