Co-inoculation effect of rhizobia and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on common bean growth in a low phosphorus soil

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue FEBRUARY, 2017, Pages

  Korir, Hezekiah ^a   Mungai, Nancy W ^a   Thuita, Moses ^b   Hamba, Yosef ^c   Masso, Cargele ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b International Institute of Tropical Agriculture   (Kenya)

^c Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Co inoculation; Paenibacillus polymyxa; Phaseolus vulgaris L; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011891544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00141     Document Type: Article

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