The plant microbiome

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Turner, Thomas R ^a   James, Euan K ^b   Poole, Philip S ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endophyte; Microbiome; Phyllosphere; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

MICROBIOME; PLANT GENOME; PRODUCTIVITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PLANT; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; SYMBIOSIS;

ENDOPHYTES; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84883777509     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-6-209     Document Type: Review

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