Symbiotic Root-Endophytic Soil Microbes Improve Crop Productivity and Provide Environmental Benefits
Plants should not be regarded as entities unto themselves, but as the visible part of plant-microbe complexes which are best understood as “holobiomes.” Some microorganisms when given the opportunity to inhabit plant roots become root symbionts. Such root colonization by symbiotic microbes can raise...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2019-01-01
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Series: | Scientifica |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9106395 |