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A proposal for avoiding fresh-weight measurements when reporting the effect of plant growth-promoting (rhizo)bacteria on growth promotion of plants

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  1. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, 301 Funchess Hall, Auburn, Alabama, 36849, USA

    Yoav Bashan, Ping Huang, Joseph W. Kloepper & Luz de-Bashan

  2. The Bashan Institute of Science, 1730 Post Oak Ct., Auburn, AL, 36830, USA

    Yoav Bashan & Luz de-Bashan

  3. Environmental Microbiology Group, Northwestern Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR), Av. IPN 195, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico

    Yoav Bashan & Luz de-Bashan

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Bashan, Y., Huang, P., Kloepper, J.W. et al. A proposal for avoiding fresh-weight measurements when reporting the effect of plant growth-promoting (rhizo)bacteria on growth promotion of plants. Biol Fertil Soils 53, 1–2 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-016-1153-1

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