Integration of enhanced biocontrol efficacy and fungicide tolerance in Trichoderma spp. by electrofusion

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-40

  Mrinalini, C ^a   Lalithakumari, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Electrofusion; Integrated control; Strain improvement; Trichoderma spp.

Indexed keywords

TRICHODERMA BRACHIATUM; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0031960280     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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