Antibiosis and acidification by Pantoea agglomerans strain E325 may contribute to suppression of Erwinia amylovora

Phytopathology

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1136-1143

  Pusey, P L ^a   Stockwell, V O ^b   Rudell, D R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Malus pumila

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHATE;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PANTOEA; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PLANT DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; FLOWERS; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PANTOEA; PHOSPHATES; PLANT DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA AMYLOVORA; MALUS PUMILA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PYRUS;

EID: 54249140169     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-98-10-1136     Document Type: Article

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