Chapter 7 Plant Growth-Promoting Actions of Rhizobacteria

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 51, Issue C, 2009, Pages 283-320

  Spaepen, Stijn ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 74249110177     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2296(09)51007-5     Document Type: Review

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