Potential role of phytohormones and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in abiotic stresses: consequences for changing environment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4907-4921

  Fahad, Shah ^a   Hussain, Saddam ^a   Bano, Asghari ^a,e   Saud, Shah ^a,b   Hassan, Shah ^a,c   Shan, Darakh ^a,d   Khan, Faheem Ahmed ^a   Khan, Fahad ^a   Chen, Yutiao ^a   Wu, Chao ^a   Tabassum, Muhammad Adnan ^a   Chun, Ma Xiao ^a   Afzal, Muhammad ^a,c   Jan, Amanullah ^a,c   Jan, Mohammad Tariq ^a,c   Huang, Jianliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d Women Institute of Learning   (Pakistan)

^e QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Drought; Low and high temperatures; Phytohormones; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Salinity

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE;

METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RHIZOBIUM;

ABSCISIC ACID; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; RHIZOBIUM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925515727     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3754-2     Document Type: Article

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