Biological control of fungi causing alfalfa seedling damping-off with a disease-suppressive strain of Streptomyces

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 196-204

  Jones, Cecilia R ^a,c   Samac, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c EEMAC   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

alfalfa; biocontrol; damping off; disease suppressive Streptomyces; Medicago sativa; Phytophthora medicaginis; Phytophthora root rot; Pythium ultimum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEDICAGINIS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030272892     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0084     Document Type: Article

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