Improving moringa growth by using autochthonous and allochthonous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Lake Victoria Basin

West African Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 47-57

  Knopf, E ^a   Blaschke, H ^a   Munch, J C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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