A perspective on inter-kingdom signaling in plant–beneficial microbe interactions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 537-548

  Rosier, Amanda ^a   Bishnoi, Usha ^a   Lakshmanan, Venkatachalam ^a   Sherrier, D Janine ^a   Bais, Harsh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground; Belowground; Microbiome; Phyllosphere; Rhizosphere

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOSPHERE; SHOOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MICROBIOTA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; RHIZOSPHERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84954484977     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: 15735028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-016-0433-3     Document Type: Review

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