Integrated use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, biogas slurry and chemical nitrogen for sustainable production of maize under salt-affected conditions

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 375-382

  Ahmad, Maqshoof ^a   Ahmad Zahir, Zahir ^b   Jamil, Moazzam ^a   Nazli, Farheen ^c   Latif, Muhammad ^a   Fakhar U Zaman, Akhtar M ^a  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Pesticide Quality Control Laboratory   (Pakistan)

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