The use of microorganisms to facilitate the growth of plants in saline soils

Microbial Strategies for Crop Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-22

  Gamalero, Elisa ^a   Berta, Graziella ^a   Glick, Bernard R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01979-1_1     Document Type: Chapter

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