Bacterial Biosynthesis of Indole-3-Acetic Acid: Signal Messenger Service

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 309-325

  Kochar, Mandira ^a   Vaishnavi, A ^b   Upadhyay, Anamika ^b   Srivastava, Sheela ^b  

^a India Habitat Centre   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch29     Document Type: Chapter

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