Microbial stimulation of plant growth an
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Ben J.J. Lugtenberg; Letty A. de Weger; J.W. Bennett
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Article
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1991
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Certain microbes stimulate plant growth. The mechanisms used by such microbes to achieve this are: biofertilization (i.e. increasing the supply of mineral nutrients to the plant); biocontrol (i.e. elimination of the plant's enemies including microbial pathogens, insects and weeds); and direct plant