Characterization of culturable bacterial endophytes of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and their capacity to influence plant growth

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 674-682

  Xia, Ye ^a   Greissworth, Eliana ^a,b   Mucci, Curtis ^a   Williams, Mark A ^a   De Bolt, Seth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Endophytes; Firmicutes; Panicum virgatum; Plant microbe; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CROPS;

ENDOPHYTES; FIRMICUTES; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PLANT-MICROBE; SWITCHGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84885754378     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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