Note: In vitro antagonism of actinomycetes isolated from fungus-growing ants against plant pathogenic fungi

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Sanchez Pena S R ^a   Sanchez Ovalle M R ^a   Gallegos Morales, Gabriel ^a   Sánchez Arizpe, Abiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atta sp.; Attine ants; Cyphomyrmex sp.; Mutualism; Plant pathogen; Trachymyrmex sp.

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYPHOMYRMEX; CYPHOMYRMEX RIMOSUS; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA LINDEMUTHIANA; HYPHOMYCETES; RHIZOCTONIA; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); SCLEROTIUM (BASIDIOMYCOTA); THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; TRACHYMYRMEX;

EID: 51449116349     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980811     Document Type: Article

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