Bacterial endophytes in agricultural crops

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 895-914

  Hallmann, J ^a,b   Quadt Hallmann, A ^a,b   Mahaffee, W F ^a,c   Kloepper, J W ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms U   (Germany)

^c U States Dept Agric Agric R   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Diversity; Endophytic bacteria; Localization; Methods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; HOST PLANT; PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTION;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031453497     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-131     Document Type: Review

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