Biocontrol of soilborne plant pathogens

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1855-1869

  Handelsman, Jo ^a   Stabb, Eric V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0030462543     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.10.1855     Document Type: Review

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