Microbial consortium-mediated plant defense against phytopathogens: Readdressing for enhancing efficacy

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-33

  Sarma, Birinchi Kumar ^a   Yadav, Sudheer Kumar ^a   Singh, Surendra ^a   Singh, Harikesh Bahadur ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activities; Compatible strains; Induced systemic resistance (ISR); Microbial consortium; Phenylpropanoid pathway; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CROPS; NETWORK SECURITY; PATHOGENS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; INDUCED SYSTEMIC RESISTANCES; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHENYLPROPANOID PATHWAYS; PLANT DEFENSE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CROP PLANT; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PLANT DEFENSE; SIGNALING; SYNERGISM;

EID: 84928753186     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.04.001     Document Type: Review

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