Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and silicon synergistically enhance salinity tolerance of mung bean

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue JUNE2016, 2016, Pages

  Mahmood, Sajid ^a   Daur, Ihsanullah ^a   Al Solaimani, Samir G ^a   Ahmad, Shakeel ^a   Madkour, Mohamed H ^a   Yasir, Muhammad ^a   Hirt, Heribert ^b   Ali, Shawkat ^b   Ali, Zahir ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Photosynthetic pigments; Rhizobacteria characterization identification; Salt tolerance index; Stomatal conductance; Water relation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975143413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00876     Document Type: Article

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