Conidial quality of the biocontrol agent Coniothyrium minitans produced by solid-state cultivation in a packed-bed reactor

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-207

  Jones, E E ^a,c   Weber, F J ^b   Oostra, J ^b   Rinzema, A ^b   Mead, A ^a   Whipps, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coniothyrium minitans; Germination; Sclerotia; Sclerotial parasitism assay; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum; Solid state fermentation; Spray drying

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOCONTROL; DRYING; FERMENTERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GERMINATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONIDIUM; CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; FLOW RATE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PACKED BED REACTOR; PARASITISM; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); SOIL; SOLID STATE; SPRAY DRYING; TEMPERATURE;

CONIOTHYRIUM MINITANS; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM;

EID: 0347683365     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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