Pseudomonas fluorescens mediated antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani causing sheath blight in rice

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-119

  Nandakumar, Rangaraj ^a   Babu, Subramanian ^a   Radjacommare, Ramalingam ^a   Raguchander, Thiruvengadam ^a   Samiyappan, Ramasamy ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antifungal metabolites; Chitinase; P. fluorescens; R. solani; Sclerotia

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYPHOMYCETES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 57149139044     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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