Biocontrol of plant disease: A (Gram-) positive perspective

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Emmert, Elizabeth A B ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Biological control; Formulation; Gram positive bacteria; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; STREPTOMYCES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0032969488     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00570-9     Document Type: Review

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