Rhizobium promotes non-legumes growth and quality in several production steps: Towards a biofertilization of edible raw vegetables healthy for humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  García Fraile, Paula ^a,e   Carro, Lorena ^a   Robledo, Marta ^a,b   Ramírez Bahena, Martha Helena ^c,d   Flores Félix, José David ^a   Fernández, María Teresa ^a,f   Mateos, Pedro F ^a,b,d   Rivas, Raúl ^a,d   Igual, José Mariano ^c,d   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a,b,d   Peix, Álvaro ^c,d   Velázquez, Encarna ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Centro Hispano Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^f Instituto Cubano de Investigaciones de los Derivados de la Cana de Azucar   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFERTILIZATION; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FRESH WEIGHT; FRUIT; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM MEDITERRANEUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPPER; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT YIELD; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ALAMII; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEEDLING; TOMATO; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; VEGETABLE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIUM;

CAPSICUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84872757418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038122     Document Type: Article

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