A polymerase chain reaction-based test for the identification of Trichoderma harzianum biotypes 2 and 4, responsible for the worldwide green mold epidemic in cultivated Agaricus bisporus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 246-250

  Chen, X ^a   Romaine, C P ^a   Ospina Giraldo, M D ^a   Royse, D J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; MOULD; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

TRICHODERMA HARZIANUM;

EID: 0032885091     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051516     Document Type: Article

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