Endophyte enhancement of transplant performance in tomato, cucumber and sweet pepper

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 631, Issue , 2004, Pages 253-263

  Nowak, J ^a,b   Sharma, V K ^b   A'Hearn, E ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkholderia sp. strain PsJN; In vitro co culture; Inoculum delivery; Plantlet and seedling bacterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879673686     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.631.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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