Plant growth-promoting bacteria as a tool to improve salinity tolerance in sweet pepper

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-90

  Del Amor, Francisco M ^a   Cuadra Crespo, Paula ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Capsicum annuum L.; growth analysis; nitrogen; salt stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUORESCENCE; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HERB; INOCULATION; INORGANIC SALT; ION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; PANTOEA; PANTOEA DISPERSA;

EID: 84855937969     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11173     Document Type: Article

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