Root-associated bacteria inducing systemic resistance

Plant-Associated Bacteria

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 269-316

  Van Loon, L C ^a   Bakker, P A H M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4538-7_8     Document Type: Chapter

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