Promotion of plant growth by bacterial ACC deaminase

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 227-242

  Glick, Bernard R ^a   Todorovic, Biljana ^a   Czarny, Jennifer ^a   Cheng, Zhenyu ^a   Duan, Jin ^a   McConkey, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethylene; IAA; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Plant stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 35648995978     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680701572966     Document Type: Review

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