Plant growth-promoting bacteria and nitrate availability: Impacts on root development and nitrate uptake

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 394, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Mantelin, Sophie ^a   Touraine, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

N demand; Nitrate uptake; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Plasticity; Rhizosphere; Root development

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; NITRATES;

ROOT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTER GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITRATE;

BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

BACTERIA; NITRATES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 0346687523     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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