Evaluation of bacterial isolates from salty soils and Bacillus thuringiensis strains for the biocontrol of fusarium dry rot of potato tubers

Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-118

  Sadfi, N ^a   Cherif M ^a   Fliss, I ^b   Boudabbous, A ^c   Antoun, H ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Biocontrol; Chitinolytic enzymes; Dry rot; Potato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001666470     PISSN: 11254653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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