Mitigation of negative effects of progressive soil salinity gradients by application of humic acids and inoculation with Pseudomonas stutzeri in a salt-tolerant and a salt-susceptible pepper

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 394-404

  Bacilio, Macario ^a   Moreno, Manuel ^a   Bashan, Yoav ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^b The Bashan Institute of Science   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Humic acids; Pepper; Plant growth promoting bacteria; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980350783     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.04.012     Document Type: Article

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