Plant Growth Promotion by Microbes

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 561-573

  Lugtenberg, Ben J J ^a   Malfanova, Natalia ^a,b,c   Kamilova, Faina ^c   Berg, Gabriele ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ALL RUSSIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Koppert Biological Systems   (Netherlands)

^d GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1002/9781118297674.ch53     Document Type: Chapter

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