Azospirillum brasilense mitigates water stress imposed by a vascular disease by increasing xylem vessel area and stem hydraulic conductivity in tomato

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-43

  Romero, A M ^a   Vega, D ^a   Correa, O S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacterial canker; Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis; PGPB; Solanum lycopersicum; Water stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901985729     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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