Parasitism of sclerotia of Sclerotium rolfsii by Trichoderma harzianum: Ultrastructural and cytochemical aspects of the interaction

Phytopathology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 405-416

  Benhamou, Nicole ^a   Chet, Ilan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiosis; Biological control; Gold cytochemistry; Hydrolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ATHELIA ROLFSII; FUNGI; HYPOCREA LIXII; TRICHODERMA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0000742343     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-86-405     Document Type: Article

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