Non-streptomycete actinomycetes as biocontrol agents of soil-borne fungal plant pathogens and as plant growth promoters

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1505-1520

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

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Disease suppression; Endophytic actinomycetes; Microbial interaction; Pathogen suppression; Plant growth regulators; Rhizosphere competence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; FUNGI; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROORGANISMS; PATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE SUPPRESSION; ENDOPHYTIC ACTINOMYCETES; MICROBIAL INTERACTION; PATHOGEN SUPPRESSION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; RHIZOSPHERE COMPETENCE;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FUNGUS; GROWTH REGULATOR; ISOLATION EFFECT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PLANT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 33746210253     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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