The ability of the biological control agent Bacillus subtilis, strain BB, to colonise vegetable brassicas endophytically following seed inoculation

Plant and Soil

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 463-474

  Wulff, E G ^a,c   Van Vuurde, J W L ^b   Hockenhull, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Brassica spp.; Detection; Endophytic bacteria; Immuno gold labelling; Population; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; INOCULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 0242424278     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026026917355     Document Type: Article

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