Encapsulation of plant growth-promoting bacteria in alginate beads enriched with humic acid

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-83

  Young, Chiu Chung ^a   Rekha, P D ^a   Lai, Wei An ^a   Arun, A B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Encapsulation; Humic acid; Lettuce plant; Plant growth promoting bacteria

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CROSSLINKING; ENCAPSULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; INORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGINATE; HUMIC ACID; LETTUCE PLANT; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENCAPSULATION; GERMINATION; GNOTOBIOTICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; LETTUCE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALGINATES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; LETTUCE; MICROSPHERES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LACTUCA;

EID: 33748427898     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20957     Document Type: Article

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