Enhancement of drought stress tolerance in crops by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

Microbiological Research

Volumn 184, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-24

  Vurukonda, Sai Shiva Krishna Prasad ^a   Vardharajula, Sandhya ^a   Shrivastava, Manjari ^a   SkZ, Ali ^a  

^a Agri Biotech Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought stress; Induced Systemic tolerance; Mitigation; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT STRESS TOLERANCE; MITIGATION; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA; STRESS-RESPONSIVE GENE;

DROUGHT;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP PLANT; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; INDUCED RESPONSE; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TOLERANCE;

RHIZOBIALES;

GROWTH PROMOTOR;

CROP; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHTS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84957578457     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2015.12.003     Document Type: Review

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