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Original Articles

Promotion of growth, yield and fiber quality attributes of Egyptian cotton by bacillus strains in combination with mineral fertilizers

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Pages 2337-2348 | Received 17 Nov 2018, Accepted 06 May 2019, Published online: 20 Aug 2019

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