Enhanced chickpea growth-promotion ability of a Mesorhizobium strain expressing an exogenous ACC deaminase gene

Plant and Soil

Volumn 353, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 221-230

  Nascimento, F ^a   Brigido C ^a   Alho, L ^a   Glick, B R ^b   Oliveira, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACC deaminase; Chickpea; Nodulation; Rhizobia; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; LEGUME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NODULATION; PLASMID; RHIZOBACTERIUM; WATERLOGGING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICER ARIETINUM; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM CICERI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84858332263     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1025-2     Document Type: Article

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