Plant growth promotion by Azospirillum sp. in sugarcane is influenced by genotype and drought stress

Plant and Soil

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 233-242

  Moutia, Jean Francois Yvan ^a,b   Saumtally, Salem ^a   Spaepen, Stijn ^b   Vanderleyden, Jos ^b  

^a Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Auxins; Bacterial inoculation; Root development

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BACTERIUM; DROUGHT STRESS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; INOCULATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SUGAR CANE; WATER UPTAKE; YIELD RESPONSE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78449247457     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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