Endophytic bacteria: A biotechnological potential in agrobiology system

Bacteria in Agrobiology: Crop Productivity

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-44

  Lacava, Paulo Teixeira ^a   Azevedo, João Lúcio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37241-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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