Response of Arabidopsis thaliana roots to lipo-chitooligosaccharide from Bradyrhizobium japonicum and other chitin-like compounds

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-249

  Khan, Wajahatullah ^a   Costa, Carlos ^b   Souleimanov, Alfred ^c   Prithiviraj, Balakrishnan ^d   Smith, Donald L ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitosan; Lipo chitooligosaccharides; Microbial signals; Root growth; WinRHIZOTM

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 79952764123     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9521-6     Document Type: Article

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