Soilborne microorganisms of Euphorbia are potential biological control agents of the invasive weed leafy spurge

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-37

  Kremer, Robert J ^a   Caesar, Anthony J ^a   Souissi, Thouraya ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aphthona spp.; Deleterious rhizobacteria; Fusarium spp.; Rhizoctonia spp.; Rhizosphere ecology; Root feeding insects; Soilborne fungal pathogens; Synergism

Indexed keywords

APHTHONA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HEXAPODA; HYPHOMYCETES; INSECTA; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOCTONIA;

EID: 33646070931     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.12.009     Document Type: Article

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