Use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPRs) with multiple plant growth promoting traits in stress agriculture: Action mechanisms and future prospects

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 156, Issue , 2018, Pages 225-246

  Etesami, Hassan ^a   Maheshwari, Dinesh K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

abiotic stresses; Action mechanisms; PGPRs; Plant microbe interactions; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

(1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE)DEAMINASE; 1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; DEAMINASE; ETHYLENE; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC FACTOR; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME; GENE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; RHIZOBACTERIUM;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURAL INOCULATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE INDUCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIUM; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT STRESS; PLANT STRUCTURES; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; SALINITY; TOXICITY; AGRICULTURE; CROP; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROCEDURES; RHIZOSPHERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIALES;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RHIZOSPHERE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85044004403     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.03.013     Document Type: Review

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