Potential of yeasts as biocontrol agents of soil-borne fungal plant pathogens and as plant growth promoters

Mycoscience

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-35

  El Tarabily, Khaled A ^a   Sivasithamparam, Krishnapillai ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Biological control; Endophytes; Plant growth regulators; Rhizosphere competence

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644613246     PISSN: 13403540     EISSN: 16182545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10267-005-0268-2     Document Type: Review

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