Biodiversity of diazotrophs associated to the plant cover of north sinai deserts: Biodiversität diazotropher assoziiert mit der pflanendecke der wüsten nordsinais;Biodiversität diazotropher assoziiert mit der pflanendecke der wüsten nordsinais

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-705

  Othman, Amal A ^a   Amer, Wafaa M ^b   Fayez, Mohammed ^a   Monib, Mohamed ^a   Hegazi, Nabil A ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Arid deserts; Associative nitrogen fixation; Diazotrophs; North Sinai; Sinai flora; Sinai microflora

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889478824     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340310001615110     Document Type: Article

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