Microbial dynamics and interactions in the spermosphere

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2004, Pages 271-309

  Nelson, Eric B ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusarium; Plant microbe interactions; Pythium; Seed exudation; Seed microbiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SEEDS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; FUSARIUM; PYTHIUM;

EID: 4744368895     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.42.121603.131041     Document Type: Review

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