EFFECT OF N2-FIXING BACTERIA AND ACTINOMYCETES AS BIOFERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CUCUMBERS IN SANDY SOILS IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• M. M. Amer ¹
• M. A. Swelim ¹
• Bouthaina F. Abd El-Ghany ²
• Amal M. Omar ²

¹ Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Benha, Zagazig University, Egypt

² Department of Soil Fertility and Microbiology, Desert Research Center, El-Matareya, Cairo, Egypt

Keywords

• Azotobacter chroococcum
• Azospirillum lipoferum
• Streptomyces lydicus
• Rhizoctonia solani
• root-rot
• damping off

Main Subjects

• Plants
• Soil