Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system functioning

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Vacheron, Jordan ^a,b,c   Desbrosses, Guilhem ^d   Bouffaud, Marie Lara ^a,b,c,e   Touraine, Bruno ^d   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^a,b,c   Muller, Daniel ^a,b,c   Legendre, Laurent ^a,b,c   Wisniewski Dyé, Florence ^a,b,c   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^e UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Functional group; ISR; Phytohormone; Plant nutrition; Plant PGPR cooperation; Rhizo microbiome; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895502313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00356     Document Type: Article

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