Establishment, survival and activity of the biocontrol agents Pichia guilermondii and Bacillus mycoides applied as a mixture on strawberry plants

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 705-714

  Guetsky, R ^a,b   Elad, Y ^a   Shtienberg, D ^a   Dinoor, A ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Botrytis cinerea; Establishment; Phyllosphere; Population; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE CONTROL; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; FUNGAL ISOLATE; GREENHOUSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; PLANT LEAF; STRAWBERRY; SURVIVAL;

BACILLUS MYCOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; PICHIA;

EID: 0036862030     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958315021000039888     Document Type: Article

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