Cocolonization of the rhizosphere by pathogenic Agrobacterium strains and nonpathogenic strains K84 and K1026, used for crown gall biocontrol

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1936-1940

  Penyalver, Ramón ^a   López, María M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0039181810     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.5.1936-1940.1999     Document Type: Article

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