African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Metabolic and biofungicidal properties of maize rhizobacteria for growth promotion and plant disease resistance

Pacome A. Noumavo
  • Pacome A. Noumavo
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moleculaire en Microbiologie, Departement de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite d?Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Benin.
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Nadege A. Agbodjato
  • Nadege A. Agbodjato
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moleculaire en Microbiologie, Departement de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite d?Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Benin.
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Emma W. Gachomo
  • Emma W. Gachomo
  • Department of Biology, Rutgers University, 315 Penn St., Camden, NJ 08102, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology (CCIB), Rutgers University, 315 Penn St., Camden, NJ 08102, USA.
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Hafiz A. Salami
  • Hafiz A. Salami
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moleculaire en Microbiologie, Departement de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite d?Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Benin.
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Farid Baba-Moussa
  • Farid Baba-Moussa
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Technologie Alimentaire, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite d?Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
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Adolphe Adjanohoun
  • Adolphe Adjanohoun
  • Laboratoire de Microbiologie et de Technologie Alimentaire, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite d?Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
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Simeon O. Kotchoni
  • Simeon O. Kotchoni
  • Department of Biology, Rutgers University, 315 Penn St., Camden, NJ 08102, USA; Center for Computational and Integrative Biology (CCIB), Rutgers University, 315 Penn St., Camden, NJ 08102, USA.
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Lamine Baba-Moussa*
  • Lamine Baba-Moussa*
  • Laboratoire de Biologie et de Typage Moleculaire en Microbiologie, Departement de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, Universite d?Abomey-Calavi 05 BP 1604 Cotonou, Benin.
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  •  Received: 27 August 2014
  •  Accepted: 19 February 2015
  •  Published: 04 March 2015

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