Novel plant growth promoting rhizobacteria-Prospects and potential

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2015, Pages 38-53

  Chauhan, Hemlata ^a   Bagyaraj, D J ^a   Selvakumar, G ^b   Sundaram, S P ^c  

^a Centre for Natural Biological Resources and Community Development (CNBRCD)   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Azoarcus; Exiguobacterium; Methylobacterium; Novel PGPR; Paenibacillus; Pantoea

Indexed keywords

AZOARCUS; AZOTOBACTER; BURKHOLDERIA; EXIGUOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; PAENIBACILLUS; PANTOEA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM; SERRATIA;

EID: 84930960406     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.05.011     Document Type: Review

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