Plant-microbe interactions in adaptation of agricultural crops to abiotic stress conditions

Probiotics and Plant Health

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 163-200

  Etesami, Hassan ^a   Beattie, Gwyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85027960341     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-3473-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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