Potential of Zinc Solubilizing Bacillus Strains to Improve Growth, Yield, and Quality of Maize (Zea mays)
Muhammad Zahid Mumtaz, Arif Malik, Farheen Nazli, Muhammad Latif, Ahmad Zaheer, Qasim Ali, Moazzam Jamil and Maqshoof Ahmad
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Keywords: Bacillus strains; Biofortification; Zea mays; Zn solubilization; Co-inoculation
Edition: Volume 24 Issue 04, 2020
Pages: 691-698
1 Department of Soil Science, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
2 Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore, Defense Road Lahore, Pakistan
3 Pesticide Quality Control Laboratory, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
4 Department of Agronomy, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
5 Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan
6 College of Agriculture, BZU, Bahadur Campus, Layyah, Pakistan
For correspondence: maqshoof_ahmad@yahoo.com; ali_qasim@bzu.edu.pk
Received 06 September 2019; Accepted 07 April 2020; Published 16 August 2020
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