Properties of the halophyte microbiome and their implications for plant salt tolerance

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 940-951

  Ruppel, Silke ^a   Franken, Philipp ^a   Witzel, Katja ^a  

^a Inst Veg Orn Crops G Erfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; fungi; microbial; microbial community; PGPB; plant interaction; salt stress

Indexed keywords

BIOME; FUNGUS; HABITAT TYPE; HALOPHYTE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMER; PROKARYOTE; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

EID: 84881427109     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP12355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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