The roots of the halophyte Salicornia brachiata are a source of new halotolerant diazotrophic bacteria with plant growth-promoting potential

Plant and Soil

Volumn 356, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 265-277

  Jha, Bhavanath ^a   Gontia, Iti ^a   Hartmann, Anton ^b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid (ACC) deaminase; Acetylene reduction; Halotolerant; IAA production; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR); Salicornia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HALOPHYTE; NEW SPECIES; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; PHOSPHATE; ROOT; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SEEDLING; SOLUBILIZATION; SYMBIOSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRACHYBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM; BREVIBACTERIUM CASEI; HAEREREHALOBACTER; HALOMONAS; MESORHIZOBIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; RHIZOBIALES; SALICORNIA; SALICORNIA BRACHIATA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SP.;

EID: 84862681249     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0877-9     Document Type: Article

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