Microbial ACC-deaminase: Prospects and applications for inducing salt tolerance in plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 360-393

  Nadeem, Sajid Mahmood ^a   Zahir, Zahir Ahmad ^a   Naveed, Muhammad ^a,b   Ashraf, Muhammad ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ACC deaminase; Ethylene; Growth promotion; PGPR; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 78649477245     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2010.524518     Document Type: Review

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