Cooperation of plants and microorganisms: Getting closer to the genetic construction of sustainable agro-systems

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 833-848

  Tikhonovich, Igor A ^a   Provorov, Nikolai A ^a  

^a ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Beneficial plant microbe interactions; Biocontrol of pathogens and phytophagans; Sustainable plant production; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANABAENA; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CROP PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENOTYPE; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; FUNGI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NITROGEN; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SYMBIOSIS;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 34547420765     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200700014     Document Type: Review

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