Inoculum density, temperature, and genotype effects on in vitro growth promotion and epiphytic and endophytic colonization of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) seedlings inoculated with a pseudomonad bacterium

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 354-361

  Pillay, V K ^a,b   Nowak, J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Innovacorp   (Canada)

Author keywords

colonization; growth promotion; Pseudomonas sp.; tomato

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; TOMATO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; PSEUDOMONAS TOMATO;

EID: 0031007173     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-049     Document Type: Article

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