Biotic stress management in agricultural crops using microbial consortium

Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease Management

Volumn 9783642336393, Issue , 2013, Pages 427-448

  Jain, Akansha ^a   Singh, Akanksha ^a   Singh, Brahma N ^b   Singh, Surendra ^a   Upadhyay, R S ^a   Sarma, B K ^a   Singh, H B ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33639-3_16     Document Type: Chapter

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