A model to explain plant growth promotion traits: a multivariate analysis of 2,211 bacterial isolates.

Plant growth-promoting bacteria can greatly assist sustainable farming by improving plant health and biomass while reducing fertilizer use. The plant-microorganism-environment interaction is an open and complex system, and despite the active research in the area, patterns in root ecology are elusive...

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Main Authors: Pedro Beschoren da Costa, Camille E Granada, Adriana Ambrosini, Fernanda Moreira, Rocheli de Souza, João Frederico M dos Passos, Letícia Arruda, Luciane M P Passaglia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277451?pdf=render