Use of Rhizobium leguminosarum as a potential biofertilizer for Lactuca sativa and Daucus carota crops

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 876-882

  Flores Félix, José D ^a   Menéndez, Esther ^a   Rivera, Lina P ^a   Marcos García, Marta ^a   Martínez Hidalgo, Pilar ^a   Mateos, Pedro F ^a,b   Martínez Molina, Eustoquio ^a,b   Velázquez, Ma de la Encarnación ^a,b   García Fraile, Paula ^a   Rivas, Raúl ^a,b  

^a USAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carrot; Endophyte; GFP; Lettuce; PGPR; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889666387     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.201300116     Document Type: Article

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