Bacterial-mediated drought tolerance: Current and future prospects

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-125

  Ngumbi, Esther ^a   Kloepper, Joseph ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Bacterial mediated drought tolerance; Climate change; Drought; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971273426     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.04.009     Document Type: Review

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