Microbial rescue to plant under habitat-imposed abiotic and biotic stresses

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1137-1155

  Choudhary, D K ^a  

^a MODY UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial volatiles; Habitat imposed stresses; Induced systemic resistance; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; BACTERIAL VOLATILES; BIOTIC STRESS; CROP PRODUCTIVITY; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; INDUCED SYSTEMIC RESISTANCES; IRRIGATED LANDS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; PLANT GENOMES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT POPULATION; PLANT QUALITY; STRESS TOLERANCE; VASCULAR PLANT; WATER USE;

ARID REGIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CYCLIC ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXIDASE; PLANT DNA; VOLATILE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; ARID REGION; BACTERIUM; BIOTIC FACTOR; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; LAND DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOTIC STRESS; COLD STRESS; DNA MODIFICATION; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ENDOPHYTE; GLOMUS INTRARADICES; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; HABITAT; NEOTYPHODIUM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PLANT WATER USE; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SALT STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; WATER STRESS;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84871069059     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4429-x     Document Type: Review

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