Plant Surface Microbiology
Contributors: Ajit Varma (Editor); Lynette Abbott (Editor); Dietrich Werner (Editor); Rüdiger Hampp (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9783540740506
Subjects: Plant physiology; Science; Science/Mathematics; General; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Botany; Science / Botany; mycorrhiza; plant microbial interactions; plant pathogens; plant surface; rhizosphere; symbionts; Agriculture - General
First sentence: As we enter the second century of research on associative and symbiotic microorganisms, it is heartening to see that attention is increasingly focused on the functions of these organisms in the natural and semi-natural systems in which it evolved.