Endophytic and surface colonization of wheat roots (Triticum aestivum) by different Azospirillum brasilense strains studied with strain-specific monoclonal antibodies

Symbiosis

Volumn 25, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 159-179

  Schloter, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense strains; Immunological techniques; Inoculation; Localization; Monoclonal antibodies; PGPR; Quantification

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; ROOT; WHEAT;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031829592     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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