Plant-beneficial rhizobacteria for sustainable increased yield of cotton with reduced level of chemical fertilizers

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 655-662

  Yasmin, Sumera ^a   Hafeez, Fauzia Y ^a,b   Schmid, Michael ^c   Hartmann, Anton ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^b COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS FUSIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 84875400280     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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