Deleterious rhizosphere bacteria: An integrating perspective

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  Nehl, D B ^a   Allen, S J ^a   Brown, J F ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deleterious rhizobacteria, DRB; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, PGPR; Review

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES;

BACTERIA; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH PROMOTION; PLANT GROWTH; RHIZOSPHERE;

EID: 0031424069     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(96)00124-2     Document Type: Review

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