Microbial consortium for sustainable rice production

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 340-362

  Jha, Manindra ^a   Chourasia, Sanjeet ^a   Sinha, Sonia ^a  

^a RAJENDRA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Biofertilizer; Bionutrient consortium; Cyanobacteria; Mycostraw; Rice grain yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874261761     PISSN: 21683565     EISSN: 21683573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2012.672376     Document Type: Article

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