Applications of free living plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Lucy, M ^a   Reed, E ^a   Glick, Bernard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Forestry; Horticulture; Inoculants; Phytoremediation; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROP PERFORMANCE; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; PHYTOREMEDIATION; REGENERATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AGRICULTURE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; AZOSPIRILLUM LIPOFERUM; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENTEROBACTER; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HORTICULTURE; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PHYTOREMEDIATION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; STREPTOMYCES; XANTHOBACTER; BIOSYNTHESIS; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT;

RHIZOBIALES;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOHORMONE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; ETHYLENES; FORESTRY; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 3142752569     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000024903.10757.6e     Document Type: Review

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