Induction of Drought Tolerance in Cucumber Plants by a Consortium of Three Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Strains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Chun Juan ^a   Yang, Wei ^a,c   Wang, Chao ^a   Gu, Chun ^b   Niu, Dong Dong ^a   Liu, Hong Xia ^a   Wang, Yun Peng ^a   Guo, Jian Hua ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anfeng Biogenic Pesticide Engineering Center of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^c HUAIYIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; ETHYLENE; MONODEHYDROASCORBATE; PROLINE; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAPX GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RBCL GENE; RBCS GENE; SERRATIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCORBATE PEROXIDASES; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; CATALASE; CHLOROPHYLL; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SERRATIA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; RHIZOBIUM; SERRATIA SP.;

EID: 84871688651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052565     Document Type: Article

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