The Ecology and Natural History of Foliar Bacteria with a Focus on Tropical Forests and Agroecosystems

Botanical Review

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 105-149

  Griffin, Eric A ^a   Carson, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Endophytes; Foliar bacteria; Microbial ecology; Pathogens; Plant coexistence; Plant diversity; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939946965     PISSN: 00068101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12229-015-9151-9     Document Type: Article

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