Migration of Azospirillum brasilense Yu62 from root to stem and leaves inside rice and tobacco plants

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1065-1070

  Chi, Feng ^a,b   Shen, Shi Hua ^a   Chen, San Feng ^c   Jing, Yu Xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Endophyte; Movement in plant interior; Rice; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; RICE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 17844374879     PISSN: 16726650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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