Relationship between antagonistic activities of Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates against Rhizoctonia solani and their production of lytic enzymes

Zeitschrift fur Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 244-250

  Velazhahan, R ^a   Samiyappan, R ^a   Vidhyasekaran, P ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

1,3 glucanase; Chitinase; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Rhizoctonia solani; Rice

Indexed keywords

1,3 BETA GLUCANASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAMINARAN; PATHOGENESIS; RICE;

ENZYME; PATHOGEN; RICE;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI;

EID: 0033041099     PISSN: 03408159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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