Mycorrhizae: An overview

Mycorrhizae: Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-35

  Siddiqui, Zaki A ^a   Pichtel, John ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forestry; Mycorrhizae; Reclamation; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900222323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8770-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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