Bacterial mediated alleviation of abiotic stress in crops

Bacteria in Agrobiology: Stress Management

Volumn 9783642234651, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-224

  Selvakumar, Govindan ^a   Panneerselvam, Periyasamy ^a   Ganeshamurthy, Arakalagud Nanjundaiah ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23465-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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