Combining Molecular Microbial Ecology with Ecophysiology and Plant Genetics for a Better Understanding of Plant–Microbial Communities’ Interactions in the Rhizosphere

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-86

  Zancarini, Anouk ^a   Lepinay, Clémentine ^a   Burstin, Judith ^a   Duc, Gérard ^a   Lemanceau, Philippe ^a   Moreau, Delphine ^a   Munier Jolain, Nathalie ^a   Pivato, Barbara ^a   Rigaud, Thierry ^a   Salon, Christophe ^a   Mougel, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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