Screening of plant growth promoting Rhizobacteria isolated from sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 245-264

  Ambrosini, Adriana ^a   Beneduzi, Anelise ^a   Stefanski, Thais ^a   Pinheiro, Felipe G ^a   Vargas, Luciano K ^b   Passaglia, Luciane M P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Estadual de Pesquisa Agropecuaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; Diversity; Enterobacter; PGPR; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84862641703     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-1079-1     Document Type: Article

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