African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6863

Full Length Research Paper

Trichoderma: A magical weapon against soil borne pathogens

Mukesh Srivastava, Sonika Pandey*, Mohammad Shahid, Vipul Kumar, Anuradha Singh, Shubha Trivedi and Yatindra Kumar Srivastava
Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur – 208 002, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 20 July 2015
  •  Accepted: 18 September 2015
  •  Published: 10 December 2015

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