Quantitative real-time PCR effectively detects and quantifies colonization of sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by Trichoderma spp.

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-108

  Kim, Tae Gwan ^a   Knudsen, Guy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Biological control; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 47549110176     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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