Rhizobacterial-plant interactions: Strategies ensuring plant growth promotion under drought and salinity stress

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 231, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-78

  Kaushal, Manoj ^a   Wani, Suhas P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Aalinity; Drought; IST; Microarray; Rhizobacteria; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SALINITY; SIGNALING; TOLERANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS; RHIZOBIALES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84976551414     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2016.06.031     Document Type: Review

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