Effect of pepper-garlic intercropping system on soil microbial and bio-chemical properties

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 695-702

  Ahmad, Imran ^a   Cheng, Zhihui ^a   Meng, Huanwen ^a   Liu, Tongjin ^a   Wang, Mengyi ^a   Ejaz, Muhammad ^a   Wasila, Humaira ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 84875386562     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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