Effect of exo-polysaccharides producing bacterial inoculation on growth of roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants grown in a salt-affected soil

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Ashraf, M ^a,b   Hasnain, S ^b   Berge, O ^c,d  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne de la Rhizosphère LEMiR   (France)

^d IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

EPS producing bacteria; K+ Na+ ratio; Rhizosheath; Root shoot ratio; Soil salinity; Wheat plants

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS; CULTIVATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANTATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SALINE SOIL; SOIL BY FORM OR PROPERTY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT; BIOREMEDIATION; ROOT; SALINITY; SOIL BIOTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33645958892     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03325906     Document Type: Article

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