Mechanism of Action of Some Microbial Antagonists Against Fungal Pathogens

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-120

  Arras, G ^a   Arru, S ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiosis; Bacillus subtilis; Biological control; Candida famata; Competition; Host resistance induction; Mode of action; Parasitism; Pichia guilliermondii; Postharvest; Pseudomonas cepacia; Rhodotorula spp.; Trichoderma spp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002841543     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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