Molecular tools for studying plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)

Molecular Approaches to Soil, Rhizosphere and Plant Microorganism Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 116-131

  Franks, Ashley ^a   Ryan, Robert P ^a   Abbas, Abdelhamid ^a   Louise Mark, G ^a   O'Gara, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

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