Control of rice sheath blight by phyllosphere epiphytic microbial antagonists

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-65

  De Costa, D M ^a   Samarasinghe, S S T ^a   Dias, H R D ^a   Dissanayake, D M N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Rice Research and Development Institute Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Biological control; Epiphytic microflora; In vivo antagonism; Rhizoctonia solani

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 38949090325     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980748     Document Type: Article

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