Herbaspirillum-plant interactions: Microscopical, histological and molecular aspects

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 175-196

  Monteiro, Rose Adele ^a   Balsanelli, Eduardo ^a   Wassem, Roseli ^a   Marin, Anelis M ^a   Brusamarello Santos, Liziane C C ^a   Schmidt, Maria Augusta ^a   Tadra Sfeir, Michelle Z ^a   Pankievicz, Vânia C S ^a   Cruz, Leonardo M ^a   Chubatsu, Leda S ^a   Pedrosa, Fabio O ^a   Souza, Emanuel M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological nitrogen fixation; Herbaspirillum; Plant Bacteria Interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CEREAL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDOPHYTE; EPIDEMIC; EPIPHYTE; GRASS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; POLYSACCHARIDE; XYLEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM FRISINGENSE; HERBASPIRILLUM RUBRISUBALBICANS; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; MISCANTHUS; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; SACCHARUM SP.; SORGHUM (GENUS); SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84862667110     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1125-7     Document Type: Article

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