Drought-tolerance of wheat improved by rhizosphere bacteria from harsh environments: Enhanced biomass production and reduced emissions of stress volatiles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Timmusk, Salme ^a   Abd El Daim, Islam A ^a   Copolovici, Lucian ^b   Tanilas, Triin ^b   Kännaste, Astrid ^b   Behers, Lawrence ^a   Nevo, Eviatar ^c   Seisenbaeva, Gulaim ^a   Stenström, Elna ^a   Niinemets, Ülo ^b,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BENZALDEHYDE; BETA PINENE; CATALASE; GERANYL ACETONE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MONODEHYDROASCORBATE REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; DRY MASS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HABITAT; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRESS; RHIZOSPHERE BACTERIUM; SEEDLING; SHOOT; SURVIVAL; WHEAT; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RHIZOSPHERE;

BIOMASS; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRITICUM;

EID: 84901236547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096086     Document Type: Article

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