Improvement of safflower oil quality for biodiesel production by integrated application of PGPR under reduced amount of NP fertilizers

Asia Nosheen; Rabia Naz; Ayesha T. Tahir; Humaira Yasmin; Rumana Keyani; Blagoj Mitrevski; Asghari Bano; Sung Tong Chin; Philip John Marriott; Ishtiaq Hussain

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201738

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Improvement of safflower oil quality for biodiesel production by integrated application of PGPR under reduced amount of NP fertilizers

Asia Nosheen ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nosheen_asia@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4778-9294

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Rabia Naz,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Ayesha T. Tahir,

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Humaira Yasmin,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Rumana Keyani,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Blagoj Mitrevski,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Asghari Bano,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Wah, Pakistan
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Sung Tong Chin,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Philip John Marriott,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Ishtiaq Hussain

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Agriculture, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
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Improvement of safflower oil quality for biodiesel production by integrated application of PGPR under reduced amount of NP fertilizers

Asia Nosheen,
Rabia Naz,
Ayesha T. Tahir,
Humaira Yasmin,
Rumana Keyani,
Blagoj Mitrevski,
Asghari Bano,
Sung Tong Chin,
Philip John Marriott,
Ishtiaq Hussain

Published: August 10, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201738

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