Consortium of plant-growth-promoting bacteria: Future perspective in agriculture

Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics

Volumn 9783642275159, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-200

  Pandey, Piyush ^a   Bisht, Sandeep ^b   Sood, Anchal ^b   Aeron, Abhinav ^c   Sharma, G D ^a   Maheshwari, D K ^d  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Sardar Bhagwan Singh Post Gratudate Institute of Biomedical Sciences & Research   (India)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27515-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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