Zinc improves biocontrol of fusarium crown and root rot of tomato by Pseudomonas fluorescens and represses the production of pathogen metabolites inhibitory to bacterial antibiotic biosynthesis

Phytopathology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1250-1257

  Duffy, Brion K ^a   Défago, Geneviève ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lycopersicum esculentum; Metal ions; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Soilborne pathogen; Trace minerals

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM F. SP. RADICIS-LYCOPERSICI; FUSARIUM SP.; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 1842332150     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.1997.87.12.1250     Document Type: Article

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