Endophytes Aspergillus caespitosus LK12 and Phoma sp. LK13 of Moringa peregrina produce gibberellins and improve rice plant growth

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 731-737

  Khan, Abdul Latif ^a   Waqas, Muhammad ^b   Hussain, Javid ^a   Al Harrasi, Ahmed ^a   Al Rawahi, Ahmed ^a   Al Hosni, Khadija ^a   Kim, Min Ji ^b   Adnan, Muhammad ^c   Lee, In Jung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Endophytes; Gibberellins; Moringa peregrin; Rice growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904470286     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2014.917384     Document Type: Article

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