Colonization pattern of Azospirillum brasilense Yu62 on maize roots

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 748-752

  Liu, Yuan ^a   Chen, San Feng ^a   Li, Ji Lun ^a  

^a State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense Yu62; Colonization; Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM); Green fluorescent protein (GFP); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT COLONIZATION;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041853143     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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