Trichoderma-Enriched Biofertilizer Enhances Production and Nutritional Quality of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) and Minimizes NPK Fertilizer Use

Agricultural Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 265-272

  Molla, Abul Hossain ^a   Manjurul Haque, Md ^a   Amdadul Haque, Md ^a   Ilias, G N M ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Natore Development Society (NDS)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Biofertilizer; Kitchen waste; N:P:K use; Nutritional quality; Tomato; Trichoderma harzianum T22; Yield

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; PHOSPHORUS;

BIO FERTILIZERS; KITCHEN WASTE; NUTRITIONAL QUALITIES; TOMATO; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM; YIELD;

QUALITY CONTROL;

BIOFERTILIZER; COMPOST; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VEGETABLE; WASTE; YIELD RESPONSE;

HYPOCREA LIXII; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 85014150402     PISSN: 2249720X     EISSN: 22497218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40003-012-0025-7     Document Type: Article

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