Improvement of growth, fruit weight and early blight disease protection of tomato plants by rhizosphere bacteria is correlated with their beneficial traits and induced biosynthesis of antioxidant peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase

Plant Science

Volumn 231, Issue , 2015, Pages 62-73

  Narendra Babu, Anupama ^a   Jogaiah, Sudisha ^b   Ito, Shin ichi ^c   Kestur Nagaraj, Amruthesh ^a   Tran, Lam Son Phan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Defense related enzyme; Induced systemic protection; Nutrients uptake; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Plant growth promotion; Tomato early blight

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA SOLANI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RHIZOBIALES;

CATECHOL OXIDASE; PEROXIDASE;

FRUIT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT DISEASE; RHIZOSPHERE; TOMATO;

CATECHOL OXIDASE; FRUIT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROXIDASE; PLANT DISEASES; RHIZOSPHERE;

EID: 84916899428     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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