Bacteria in the plant tissue culture environment

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 487-508

  Orlikowska, Teresa ^a   Nowak, Katarzyna ^a   Reed, Barbara ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURE   (Poland)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beneficial bacteria; Biotization; Burkholderia; Contamination; Stress; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CONTAMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRESSES; TISSUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS; BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOTIZATION; BURKHOLDERIA; MICROPROPAGATED PLANTS; STERILE ENVIRONMENTS; SYMBIOSIS; SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA;

EID: 85001004320     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: 15735044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-016-1144-9     Document Type: Review

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