A plant growth promoting rhizobacterium and temperature effects on performance of 18 clones of potato

American Journal of Potato Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 145-152

  Bensalim, Salah ^b   Nowak, Jerzy ^a   Asiedu, Samuel K ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Beneficial bacterium; Ex vitro; Heat tolerance; In vitro; Solanum tuberosum

Indexed keywords

CLONED GENE; PLANT GROWTH; POTATO; RHIZOBACTERIUM; STRESS TOLERANCE;

PSEUDOMONAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031814203     PISSN: 00030589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02895849     Document Type: Article

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