Restoration of Growth of Durum Wheat (Triticum durum var. waha) Under Saline Conditions Due to Inoculation with the Rhizosphere Bacterium Azospirillum brasilense NH and Extracts of the Marine Alga Ulva lactuca

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-22

  Nabti, Elhafid ^a   Sahnoune, Mohamed ^a   Ghoul, Mostefa ^b   Fischer, Doreen ^c   Hofmann, Andreas ^c   Rothballer, Michael ^c   Schmid, Michael ^c   Hartmann, Anton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

^b FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Endophytic colonization; Plant growth promotion; Salinity stress; Salt affected soil; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ULVA; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 77949423651     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-009-9107-6     Document Type: Article

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