Influence of soil temperature and matric potential on sugar beet seedling colonization and suppression of Pythium damping-off by the antagonistic bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus subtilis

Phytopathology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-363

  Schmidt, C S ^a   Agostini, F ^b   Leifert, C ^c   Killham, K ^a   Mullins, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

lux marking; Root colonization; Soilborne diseases

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM;

EID: 1642423785     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2004.94.4.351     Document Type: Article

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