Bacterial populations on the phyllosphere of Mediterranean plants: Influence of leaf age and leaf surface

Frontiers of Agriculture in China

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-63

  Yadav, Ram Kailash P ^a   Karamanoli, Katerina ^b   Vokou, Despoina ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

bacterial population; leaf age; leaf imprints; leaf surface; Mediterranean plants; phyllosphere

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS UNEDO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALAMINTHA NEPETA; CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA STOECHAS; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; NEPETA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 79952059921     PISSN: 16737334     EISSN: 1673744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11703-011-1068-4     Document Type: Article

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