Utilization of plant associated rhizobacteria to improve plant nutrition and protection: A cost effective and ecofriendly strategy

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 167, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-238

  Hafeez, F Y ^a   Hassan, M N ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bio power; Biopesticide; Biophos; Commercialisation; Diazotrophs; Humiphos; Macronutrients; Micronutrients; Pathogens; PGPR

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOPESTICIDE; COMMERCIALIZATION; ENZYME; HUMIC ACID; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATHOGEN; RHIZOBACTERIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

ACETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOTOBACTER; BURKHOLDERIA; ENTEROBACTER; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; SERRATIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880178263     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ST110211     Document Type: Article

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