Diazotrophic bacteria from maize exhibit multifaceted plant growth promotion traits in multiple hosts

Sierra Mixe maize is a geographically remote landrace variety grown on nitrogen-deficient fields in Oaxaca, Mexico that meets its nutritional requirements without synthetic fertilizer by associating with free-living diazotrophs comprising the microbiota of its aerial root mucilage. We selected nearl...

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Main Authors: Shawn M. Higdon, Tania Pozzo, Emily J. Tibbett, Colleen Chiu, Richard Jeannotte, Bart C. Weimer, Alan B. Bennett, Jen-Tsung Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489573/?tool=EBI