In situ Localization and PGPR-Effect of Azospirillum brasilense Strains Colonizing Roots of Different Wheat Varieties

Symbiosis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-279

  Rothballer, Michael ^a   Schmid, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; FISH; gfp; Localization; PGPR; Quantification; Wheat colonization

Indexed keywords

RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT COLONIZATION; SYMBIOSIS; WHEAT;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0348161542     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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