Enhancement of plant drought tolerance by microbes

Plant Responses to Drought Stress: From Morphological to Molecular Features

Volumn 9783642326530, Issue , 2012, Pages 383-413

  Kim, Young Cheol ^a   Glick, Bernard R ^b   Bashan, Yoav ^c   Ryu, Choong Min ^d  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^d Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84949180048     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32653-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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