Bacteria used in the biological control of plant-parasitic nematodes: Populations, mechanisms of action, and future prospects

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-213

  Tian, Baoyu ^a,b   Yang, Jinkui ^a   Zhang, Ke Qin ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Molecular biological approaches; Nematode management; Nematophagous bacteria; Pathogenic mechanisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; FUTURE PROSPECT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; RESEARCH WORK; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT COLONIZATION; SYNERGISM;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY PROTEIN FORMING BACTERIUM; ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; INFECTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC PARASITIC BACTERIUM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SHORT SURVEY; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL TOXINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 34447513991     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00349.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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