Growth promotion of Prunus rootstocks by root treatment with specific bacterial strains

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 555-569

  Bonaterra, A ^a   Ruz, L ^a   Badosa, E ^a   Pinochet, J ^b   Montesinos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b Agromillora Catalana SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dose response effect; In vitro antagonism; Pantoea agglomerans; Prunus nursery; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); RHIZOBACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0242424267     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026033115984     Document Type: Article

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