Control of the Cooperation Between Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria and Crops by Rhizosphere Signals

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-293

  Drogue, Benoît ^a,b,c   Combes Meynet, Emeline ^a,b,c   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a,b,c   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^a,b,c   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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