Factors affecting the variation of microbial communities in different agro-ecosystems

Microbial Strategies for Crop Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 301-324

  Ahemad, Munees ^a   Zaidi, Almas ^a   Khan, Md Saghir ^a   Oves, Mohammad ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01979-1_15     Document Type: Chapter

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