Abiotic Stress Remediation by the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Rhizosphere Bacteria/Yeast Interactions

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 991-1002

  Azcón, Rosario ^a   Medina, Almudena ^a   Aroca, Ricardo ^a   Ruiz Lozano, Juan M ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch93     Document Type: Chapter

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