Suppression of Pythium ultimum root rot of sorghum by rhizobacterial isolates from Ethiopia and South Africa

Biological Control

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-84

  Idris, H Ahmed ^a,b   Labuschagne, N ^a   Korsten, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacillus pumilus; Bacillus subtilis; Biocontrol; Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Root colonization; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; POACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOBIALES; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 40249107580     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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