Biological control of Fusarium wilt of pigeonpea by Pantoea dispersa, a field assessment

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-419

  Maisuria, Vimal B ^a   Gohel, Vipul ^a   Mehta, Ashvinkumar N ^b   Patel, Rakesh R ^b   Chhatpar, Hari S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

^b NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bavistin; Biocontrol; Fusarium wilting; Pantoea dispersa; Pigeonpea; Trichoderma monitor WP

Indexed keywords

CAJANUS CAJAN; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM UDUM; PANTOEA; PANTOEA DISPERSA; TRICHODERMA;

EID: 54049083515     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175536     Document Type: Article

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