Bacterial communities of the rhizosphere and endorhiza associated with field-grown cucumber plants inoculated with a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium or its genetically modified derivative

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 344-353

  Mahaffee, W F ^a,b   Kloepper, J W ^a  

^a Biological Control Institute   (United States)

^b HORTICULTURAL CROPS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; ecology; GEM; PGPR; Pseudomonas; root colonization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS SATIVUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM; CUCURBITACEAE;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; CUCUMBER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION;

EID: 0030614036     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-048     Document Type: Article

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