Behavior of a virulent strain derived from Agrobacterium radiobacter strain K84 after spontaneous Ti plasmid acquisition

Phytopathology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 286-292

  López López, María José ^a   Vicedo, Begonya ^a   Orellana, Natividad ^a   Piquer, Jaime ^a   López, María M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENE TRANSFER; HYBRID; NOPALINE; PLASMID;

AGROBACTERIUM RADIOBACTER; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PRUNUS DULCIS; PRUNUS PERSICA; RADIOBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0344527829     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1999.89.4.286     Document Type: Article

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