Mechanisms involved in the biological control of Botrytis cinerea incited diseases

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 719-732

  Elad, Yigal ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

antibiosis; attachment; bio control; competition; germination; hydroly tic enzymes; induced resistance; mycoparasitism; pathogenesis; pathogenicity related; sclerotium; sporulation; survival; wettability

Indexed keywords

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; INFECTION POTENTIAL; INOCULUM POTENTIAL;

EID: 0029660712     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01877146     Document Type: Short Survey

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