Ameliorate of environmental salt stress on the growth of Zea mays L. plants by exopolysaccharides producing bacteria

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2033-2044

  Awad, Nemat M ^a   Turky, Azza Sh ^a   Abdelhamid, Magdi T ^a   Attia, Magdy ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Growth; Ions uptake; Maize; Root adhering soil; Soil salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865540996     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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