Potassium and its role in sustainable agriculture

Potassium Solubilizing Microorganisms for Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 235-253

  Rawat, Jyoti ^a   Sanwal, Pankaj ^a   Saxena, Jyoti ^a  

^a Kumaon Engineering College Dwarahat   (India)

Author keywords

Biotic and abiotic stress; KSMs; Potassium; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006830462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2776-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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