Assessment of affinity and specificity of Azospirillum for plants

Plant and Soil

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 389-414

  Pereg, Lily ^a   de Bashan, Luz E ^b,c,d   Bashan, Yoav ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c The Bashan Institute of Science   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Attachment; Azospirillum; Colonization; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CEREAL; COLONIZATION; COMMERCIALIZATION; CULTIVAR; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; HOST SPECIFICITY; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

AZOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 84956677022     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2778-9     Document Type: Review

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