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Trace element nutrition of fungi

I. The effect of boron, zinc and manganese onFusarium species

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  1. University Botany Laboratory, Madras

    L. Yogeswari

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Communicated by Dr. T. S. Sadasivan,m.sc.,Ph.d. (Lond.),f.a.sc.

Formed part of a thesis accepted for the M.Sc. degree of the University of Madras.

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Yogeswari, L. Trace element nutrition of fungi. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 28, 177–201 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049958

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