Direct and indirect plant growth-promoting abilities of Bacillus species on chickpea, isolated from compost and rhizosphere soils

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 31-40

  Sreevidya, M ^a,b   Gopalakrishnan, S ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacteria; Chickpea; Colonization; Plant growth promotion; SEM analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013667063     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-015-0141-3     Document Type: Article

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