Tricalcium phosphate is inappropriate as a universal selection factor for isolating and testing phosphate-solubilizing bacteria that enhance plant growth: A proposal for an alternative procedure

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 465-479

  Bashan, Yoav ^a,b   Kamnev, Alexander A ^c   de Bashan, Luz E ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b The Bashan Foundation   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Phosphate solubilization; Plant growth promoting bacteria; PSB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; NUTRITION; PH; PHOSPHATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SELECTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876920959     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-012-0737-7     Document Type: Article

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