Construction of a range of derivatives of the biological control strain Agrobacterium rhizogenes K84: A study of factors involved in biological control of crown gall disease

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3977-3982

  Mcclure, Nicholas C ^a   Ahmadi, Ali Reza ^b,c   Clare, Bruce G ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSPOSON;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0031710282     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3977-3982.1998     Document Type: Article

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