Drought-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Foxtail Millet in a Semi-arid Agroecosystem and Their Potential in Alleviating Drought Stress

Niu, Xuguang; Song, Lichao; Xiao, Yinong; Ge, Weide

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.02580

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Drought-Tolerant Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Associated with Foxtail Millet in a Semi-arid Agroecosystem and Their Potential in Alleviating Drought Stress

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology • Jan 11, 2018

Authors:

Xuguang Niu

Lichao Song

Yinong Xiao

Abstract

The application of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to agro-ecosystems is considered to have the potential for improving plant growth in extreme environments featured by water shortage. Herein, we isolated bacterial strains from foxtail millet (Setaria italica L.), a drought-tolerant crop...

Subject

Agroecosystem

Foxtail

Rhizobacteria

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