Chemotactic response of Bacillus megaterium strain B153-2-2 to soybean root and seed exudates

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-35

  Zheng, X Y ^a   Sinclair, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; GLYCINE MAX; HYPHOMYCETES; RHIZOCTONIA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0029989351     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmpp.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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