Assessment of SCAR markers to design real-time PCR primers for rhizosphere quantification of Azospirillum brasilense phytostimulatory inoculants of maize

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 528-538

  Couillerot, O ^a,b,c   Poirier, M A ^a,b,c   Prigent Combaret, C ^a,b,c   Mavingui, P ^a,b,c   Caballero Mellado, J ^d   Moenne Loccoz Y ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; inoculant quantification; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; real time PCR; root colonization; sequence characterized amplified region markers

Indexed keywords

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS; STRAIN;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; INOCULANT QUANTIFICATION; PCR PRIMERS; PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA; REAL-TIME PCR; ROOT COLONIZATION; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION MARKERS; SPECIFIC SEQUENCES; TARGET STRAIN;

DNA;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMICS; INOCULATION; MAIZE; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZED AMPLIFIED REGION;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; RHIZOBIALES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954505805     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04673.x     Document Type: Article

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