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Supported by grants P07-CVI-02624 (Proyecto de Excelencia, Junta de Andalucía, Spain) and AGL2009-07275 (Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación), both cofinanced by ERDF of the EU. Authors are very grateful to Prof. Peter Shaw, Prof. Hans Lambers and Prof. José Olivares for their critical reviews of the manuscript.

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    Jesús Mercado-Blanco

  2. Departamento de Mejora Genética Vegetal, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Apartado 4084, 14080, Córdoba, Spain

    Pilar Prieto

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Mercado-Blanco, J., Prieto, P. Bacterial endophytes and root hairs. Plant Soil 361, 301–306 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1212-9

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