Advances in plant growth-promoting bacterial inoculant technology: Formulations and practical perspectives (1998-2013)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-33

  Bashan, Yoav ^a,b   de Bashan, Luz E ^a,b   Prabhu, S R ^c   Hernandez, Juan Pablo ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b The Bashan Foundation   (United States)

^c TerraBioGen Technologies   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inoculants; PGPB; PGPR; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84898855754     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-013-1956-x     Document Type: Review

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