Plant growth in Arabidopsis is assisted by compost soil-derived microbial communities

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Carvalhais, Lilia C ^a   Muzzi, Frederico ^a   Tan, Chin Hong ^a   Hsien Choo, Jin ^a   Schenk, Peer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene expression; Iron deficiency; Plant growth promotion; Plant microbe interactions; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900797222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00235     Document Type: Article

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