Structural characteristics and plant-beneficial effects of bacteria colonizing the shoots of field grown conventional and genetically modified T4-lysozyme producing potatoes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 289, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 123-140

  Rasche, Frank ^a   Marco Noales, Ester ^b   Velvis, Henk ^c,e   Van Overbeek, Leo S ^c   López, María M ^b   Van Elsas, Jan D ^d   Sessitsch, Angela ^a  

^a ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e HZPC Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community composition; Functional abilities; Shoot associated bacteria; T4 lysozyme expressing potatoes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PLANT; POLYMORPHISM; POTATO; PROTEIN; ROOT COLONIZATION; SHOOT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 33751209471     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9103-6     Document Type: Article

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