First report on the use of moderately halophilic bacteria against stem canker of greenhouse tomatoes caused by Botrytis cinerea

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-339

  Sadfi Zouaoui, Najla ^a   Essghaier, Badiâa ^a   Hannachi, Ibtissem ^a   Hajlaoui, Mohamed Rabeh ^b   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Botrytis cinerea; Halophilic bacteria; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; HALOMONAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 35348947021     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175069     Document Type: Article

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