Effect of bat guano on the growth of five economically important plant species

Journal of Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-173

  Sothearen, Thi ^a   Furey, Neil M ^a,b   Jurgens, Joel A ^b  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Organic manuring; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ARTOCARPUS HETEROPHYLLUS; CARICA PAPAYA; DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; MORINGA OLEIFERA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 84920286823     PISSN: 0971636X     EISSN: 09735399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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