Halotolerant rhizobacteria promote growth and enhance salinity tolerance in peanut

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Sharma, Sandeep ^a,b   Kulkarni, Jayant ^a,b   Jha, Bhavanath ^a,b  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylene reduction; Arthrocnemum; halotolerance; IAA production; Ion homeostasis; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR); Reactive oxygen species; Salinity stress

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE; ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; DEAMINASE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; NITROGEN; PEROXY RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA 16S; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLENE REDUCTION ASSAY; AGROBACTERIUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTHROCNEMUM INDICUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; PEANUT; PHOSPHATE SOLUBILISATION ACTIVITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84996743283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01600     Document Type: Article

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