Role of organic amendments on arbuscular mycorrhizal formation and function

Soil Microbes and Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 217-238

  Sarah Jaison, E Uma ^a   Muthukumar, T ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Organic farming; Plant growth; Soil amendments

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