Piriformospora indica, a cultivable plant-growth-promoting root endophyte

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2741-2744

  Varma, Ajit ^a,b   Verma, Savita ^b,d   Sudha, ^b   Sahay, Nirmal ^b   Bütehorn, Britta ^a   Franken, Philipp ^a,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH REGULATION; MAIZE; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; HYMENOMYCETES; PIRIFORMOSPORA INDICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033007759     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2741-2744.1999     Document Type: Article

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