Biological control of Pythium damping-off of pea and sugar beet by Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Bardin, Sylvie D ^a,b   Huang, Hung Chang ^a   Pinto, Joanna ^a   Amundsen, Eric J ^a   Erickson, R Scott ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological control; Damping off; Pea; Pythium sp. "group G"; Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viceae; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DAMPING; ENZYME KINETICS; FERTILIZERS; FLUORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; STRAIN;

BIOFERTILIZERS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL;

CROPS;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAMPING-OFF; DISEASE CONTROL; LEGUME; SUGAR BEET;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FUNGI; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM BV. VICIAE;

EID: 2942741290     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b04-003     Document Type: Article

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