Protection of cucumber against Pythium root rot by fluorescent pseudomonads: Predominant role of induced resistance over siderophores and antibiosis

Plant Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-76

  Ongena, M ^a   Daayf, F ^b   Jacques, P ^a   Thonart, P ^a   Benhamou, N ^f   Paulitz, T C ^c   Cornelis P ^d   Koedam, N ^e   Belanger R R ^f  

^a WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Charlottetown Research and Development Centre   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Biological control; Defence compounds; Growth promoting bacteria; Phenolics; Pythium aphanidermatum

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL MUTANT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CUCUMBER; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGAL GROWTH; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PYOVERDINE; SIDEROPHORE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FUNGAL DISEASE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM;

EID: 0033055146     PISSN: 00320862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.1999.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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