Fusarial wilt suppression and crop improvement through two rhizobacterial strains in chick pea growing in soils infested with Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-91

  Dileep Kumar, B S ^a,b  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Chick pea wilt; Disease suppression; Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris; Seed bacterization

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHICKPEA WILT; CHICKPEA; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENESIS;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032920915     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050529     Document Type: Article

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