Biocontrol of sugar cane leaf scald disease by an isolate of Pantoea dispersa which detoxifies albicidin phytotoxins

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 132-136

  Zhang, L ^a   Birch, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL; DETOXIFICATION;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; ERWINIA; PANTOEA DISPERSA; PHYTOTOXINS; RESISTANCE MECHANISMS; SIMPLE++; STRAIN-RESISTANT; XANTHOMONAS;

SUGAR CANE;

ALBICIN; PLANT TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ERWINIA; NONHUMAN; XANTHOMONAS;

PANTOEA DISPERSA; SACCHARUM SPP.; ERWINIA HERBICOLA; SACCHARUM; XANTHOMONAS ALBILINEANS;

BACTERIAL PATHOGEN; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LEAF SCALD DISEASE; PHYTOTOXIN; SUGAR CANE;

EID: 0029668238     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01126.x     Document Type: Article

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