Inoculation with azospirillum sp. and herbaspirillum sp. bacteria increases the tolerance of maize to drought stress

Microorganisms

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Curá, José Alfredo ^a   Franz, Diego Reinaldo ^a   Filosofía, Julián Ezequiel ^a   Balestrasse, Karina Beatríz ^a   Burgueño, Lautaro Exequiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Plant growth; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Plant hormones; Plant stress; ZmVP14 gene

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042158934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms5030041     Document Type: Article

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