Characterization of a Pseudomonas fluorescens strain from tomato rhizosphere and its use for integrated management of tomato damping-off

BioControl

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 683-702

  Jayaraj, Jayaraman ^a,b   Parthasarathi, T ^c   Radhakrishnan, N V ^d  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Government of Tamil Nadu   (India)

^d KERALA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carrier formulations; Integrated management; Organic amendments; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Rhizosphere population; Tomato damping off

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAMPING-OFF; DISEASE CONTROL; FLY ASH; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; LIGNITE; MANURE; RHIZOSPHERE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM APHANIDERMATUM;

EID: 34548156312     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-006-9046-0     Document Type: Article

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